Materials engineering
- Grain refinement mechanism of metals and alloys.
- Strengthening of foundry alloys.
- The influence of cooling rate on the structure and properties of castings.
- Heat treatment of cast iron and aluminum alloys.
- Classification of eutectics, examples.
- Nucleation and crystal growth.
- Shaping the primary structure of castings.
- Crystallization and production of metal matrix composites.
- The influence of main alloying elements on the structure of cast steel, cast iron and aluminum alloys.
- Refining of casting alloys.
- Foundry molds in casting processes.
- High pressure die casting of aluminum alloys - process description.
- Physicochemical processes during the metallurgy processes of iron alloys.
- Additive manufacturing technologies in foundry industry.
Chemical sciences
Structure of the molecule and types of chemical bonds:
- electronic structure of an atom and its position in the periodic table
- the position of the element in the periodic table and its properties
- types of chemical bonds
Solutions and electrolytes
- theories of acids and bases
- dissociation and conductivity of electrolytes, constant and degree of dissociation
- chemical equilibrium and equlibrium constant
- electrochemical cells and electrolysis
- galvanic series of metals
- electrochemical corrosion
- protection from corrosion
States of matter, thermodynamics
- solid, liquid, gaseous characteristics
- crystal structures and its defects
- phase changes
- laws of thermodynamics
- Thermodynamic functions
Methods of investigation
- spectroscopic research methods
- vibrational spectroscopy
- methods of testing the surface of solids
- methods of testing the microstructure of solids