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Metallurgia dei Metalli non Ferrosi
Metallurgy of Non Ferrous Metals
Marcello Cabibbo

Seat Ingegneria
A.A. 2015/2016
Credits 6
Hours 48
Period II
Language ENG

Prerequisites
Metallurgy

Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student will be able to understand the mechanical and metallurgical properties of the following materials and alloys: copper, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, nickel-based superalloys, cobalt, ODS, cobalt alloys, nickel, uranium, alloys of precious metals (Ag, Au, Pt).

Program
Solidification of the metallic materials. Production of the Aluminum alloys: Bayer and Hall-Heroult. Classification of the aluminum alloys. Extrusion, forging, drawing, casting of the alloys. Powder metallurgy. Thermal treatments. Major field of use. Recycling processes. Magnesium alloys: production and classification. Mechanical and metallurgical properties of the Magnesium alloys. Industry and application field of the Magnesium alloys. Production of Titanium alloys. Classification of the Titanium alloys. Major application fields of the Titanium alloys. Production of Cupper alloys. European norms for the Cupper alloys. Technological processes for the production of the cupper alloys. Cupper alloys: brass, brinzes, cupraluminum, cupronickel. Major applications of the cupper alloys. Production of the nickel-based, cobalt-based and ODS superalloys. Creep of metallic materials. High temperature properties of the superalloys and comparison to the other metallic materials. Heat treatments of the superalloys. Production of Uranium and its alloys. Physical and Mechanical properties. Main application fields. Hints on nuclear radiation processes. Precious metals (silver, gold, platinum). Historical hints of uses and production. Classification of silver and gold. Mechanical, metallurgical, physical and chemical properties. Major fields of application.

Development of the examination
LEARNING EVALUATION METHODS
wrtitten and oral

LEARNING EVALUATION CRITERIA
The student will have to show a sufficient level of knowledge of all the topics included in this course.

LEARNING MEASUREMENT CRITERIA
base 30 points.

FINAL MARK ALLOCATION CRITERIA
Written with a base 10 as maximum mranking. The oral examination will be structured in three queries, each of them will be evaluated from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 6 points. The ”lode” will be assigned to those students that will show excellent knowledge in all the three queries.

Recommended reading
Teacher's notes. I. Polmear: Light alloys, BH - ELsevier publications, 2006. Flinn and Trojan: Engineering Materials and their Applications. Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, 1990. W.D. Callister: Materials Science and Engineering, an introduction. John Wiley

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