The fundamental objective of the Materials Science Laboratory course is to provide the student with knowledge of laboratory methods useful for the characterization of materials of interest in industrial engineering, such as metals and alloys, composites, polymers.
The expected learning outcomes are:
- know the definitions of the main quantities in spectroscopy and in optical and electron microscopy;
- know the principles and applications of the treated techniques: spectroscopy, optical and electronic microscopy, mechanical tests, hardness measurements, contact angle and other surface properties;
- understand the meaning of surface and structural properties of materials;
- understand the functioning of laboratory instruments for the characterization of materials and their chemical-physical and surface properties
- understand the significance of the experimental results obtained with the above techniques