2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering Laboratory III
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Shinji Muraishi / Kenichi Kawamura / Azusa Ooi / Takashi Harumoto / Yoshihiro Terada / Shintaro Yasui / Naoki Nohira / Takumi Kosaba / Hiroyuki Dannoshita / Jundong Song / Ryutaro Matsumura / Tomotaka Miyazawa / Takashi Watanabe / Minho Oh / Tomoyuki Kurioka / Ryota Nagashima
- Class Format
- Experiment
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - Class
- -
- Course Code
- MAT.M352
- Number of credits
- 002
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Course Overview
Metallurgical engineering is a broad discipline that encompasses various fields, including metal physics, metal chemistry, metal materials science, and metal processing. In this laboratory course, students will learn fundamental experimental techniques and analytical methods essential for metallurgical engineering. Specifically, they will gain hands-on experience in evaluating the physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of metals and develop the ability to analyze the characteristics of different materials from a scientific perspective. Through discussions based on experimental results, students will also enhance their understanding of the properties of metallic materials from a materials science viewpoint.
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide students with systematic training in experimental techniques in metallurgical engineering and deepen their understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects. Students will explore how the physical and chemical properties of metals influence material characteristics and investigate the relationship between microstructure and properties. Additionally, they will develop essential skills in data processing, analysis, and technical report writing, which are crucial for effectively communicating their findings.
Course description and aims
1. Fabrication and Characterization of Thin Metal Films
Understand the evaporation process of silver and gold thin films and measure their electrical resistivity and optical properties.
2. Evaluation of Magnetic Properties of Metallic Materials
Assess the magnetic properties of metallic materials using vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM).
3. Understanding Corrosion and Oxidation Mechanisms of Metals
Evaluate the corrosion properties of stainless steel and analyze corrosion rates using polarization curves.
Conduct high-temperature oxidation experiments and analyze the formation and growth behavior of oxide films.
4. Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and Their Dependence on Temperature and Strain Rate
Perform tensile tests under different temperature and strain rate conditions to understand the thermally activated process of dislocations.
Analyze the stress-strain response of structural materials and investigate its relationship with microstructure.
5. Consideration of Microstructural Control and Material Design
Discuss strategies for microstructural control to achieve superior mechanical properties.
6. Enhancement of Discussion and Presentation Skills
Summarize experimental results and present and discuss findings.
Keywords
Thin Metal Films, Vapor Deposition, Electrical Resistivity, Optical Properties, Magnetic Properties, Vibrating Sample Magnetometry (VSM), Corrosion, Polarization Curve, High Temperature Oxidation, Oxide Film, Mechanical Properties, Stress-Strain Characteristics, Strain Rate Dependency, Thermally Activated Process of Dislocations, Microstructural Control, Material Design
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Grouping and the schedule for the experiments will be announced by principle instructor.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | General introduction | To understand contents of general introduction |
| Class 2 | Thin metal films: evaporation and resistivity measurement of Ag thin films | To understand the fundamentals of evapolation process and resistivity of thin metal films. |
| Class 3 | Thin metal films: optic properties of Au thin film and Au nano particles | To understand optic properties of metallic nano particles made on substrate. |
| Class 4 | Magnetization behavior of ferromagnetic alloy by means of VSM I : Ni and Ni-Cu alloys | To measure the magnetization behavior of ferromagnetic alloy (Ni and Ni-Cu) by means of vibration sample magnetometer. |
| Class 5 | Magnetization behavior of ferromagnetic alloy by means of VSM II : Magnetic crystal anisotropy of pure Fe single crystal | To measure the magnetization behavior of pure iron single crystal by means of vibration sample magnetometer. |
| Class 6 | Corrosion and oxidation of metal I : equilibrium theory | To enable to analyze the corrosion properties of stainless steel. |
| Class 7 | Corrosion and oxidation of metal II : kinetics | To enable to analyze corrosion rates using polarization curves. |
| Class 8 | Corrosion and oxidataion of metal : High temperature oxidation of metal I (sample preparation and oxidation test) | To enable High temperature oxidation of metal, and its sample preparation. |
| Class 9 | Corrosion and oxidataion of metal : High temperature oxidation of metal I (determination of oxide film and growth rate) | To enable the determination of oxide phases under High temperature oxidation, and its growth rate analysis. |
| Class 10 | Mechanical Properties and Microstructure I: Effects of Temperature and Strain Rate on Mechanical Properties | To enable students to understand the thermally activated process of dislocations. |
| Class 11 | Mechanical Properties and Microstructure II: Tensile Testing of Pure Metals at Different Temperatures and Strain Rates | To enable students to determine activation volume and activation enthalpy for deformation. |
| Class 12 | Mechanical Properties and Microstructure III: Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials with Different Thermal Histories | To enable students to correlate stress-strain responses with microstructures. |
| Class 13 | Mechanical Properties and Microstructure IV: General Discussion on Microstructural Control for Superior Mechanical Properties | To enable students to discuss microstructural control strategies for improving mechanical properties. |
| Class 14 | [Materials] General discussion and presentation | To make presentation and discussion about experiments. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 50 minutes preparing for class and another 50 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
The lecture materials will be distributed by your teacher on the day of the lecture or you can download the lecture materials for each topic from the ‘Science Tokyo LMS’ system and bring them with you.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
nothing in particular
Evaluation methods and criteria
Participation and reports are taken into account for the score.
Related courses
- MAT.M351 ： Metallurgical Engineering Laboratory II
Prerequisites
Nothing paticular