Course syllabus
Surface Technology
IMS110, SP4, 2024/2025, 7.5 HEC
Course description
Proper surface engineering in terms of surface modification of materials by coatings or different chemical/physical surface treatment processes is a technologically very important area. The lifetime and performance of engineering products depend decisively on their surface condition. This is evident for example concerning the corrosion resistance of vehicle bodies and the lifetime for key components in energy conversion processes as well as the performance of electronics components.
The objective of the course Surface Technology is to provide a general overview of technologically important processes for surface modification or coating of metallic materials. The first part of the course covers fundamental aspects of corrosion, oxidation, wear and surface chemistry as well as advanced techniques for surface chemical characterisation (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy for Chemical Analysis (XPS), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), Secondary lon Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS) of materials. The second part of the course addresses the principles of metal surface treatment and the application of different processes including following items:
- Metal Surface Cleaning
- Metal Coatings
- Inorganic Coatings
- Organic Coatings/painting
- Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD)
- Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD)
- Thermal Spraying
- Laser Surface Coatings
- Weld Overlay Coatings
- Surface hardening
The course includes weekly events of scheduled tutoring as introduction and follow-up to the self-study of course material. Everyone will also have a seminar assignment that shall be performed during the course. All seminar assignments will cover problems related to surface engineering aspects in relation to industrial applications.
|
Examiner |
Prof. Lars Nyborg Department of Industrial and Materials Science phone: +46-31 772 1257 e-mail: lars.nyborg@chalmers.se |
|
Other lecturers: |
Prof. Emmy Yu Cao, yu.cao@chalmers.se Dr Mats Norell, mats.norell@chalmers.se |
|
Documents: |
Compilation of chapters, exercises, laboratory tasks instructions, etc. |
|
Examination: |
1) Final test, 4 June, 14.00-18.00* 2) Project: written report and oral presentation 3) Attend at least 5 of 6 follow up meetings The final test: questions and problems will give maximum 50 points. Approved report and seminar presentation will give maximum 10 points. The borders for different grades will be as follows: 3 > 24 points, 4 > 36 points, 5 > 48 points |
*The exam will not cover the whole course content, instead we will select a few topics from the ones listed above and questions will be more in-depth on these. The idea is that if you can show understanding on some selected topics from the course, you have the ability to bring the same level of understanding to other topics within the field of Surface Technology.
All reports must be written individually in your own words without the use of chatbots such as ChapGPT. You should include references to your sources. Plagiarism is not allowed and will be checked. Look at the manual about Academic Honesty and Integrity at:
Seminar topics
Each student shall select one seminar topic of his own starting from a scientific article. Examples of subjects include (just as example for idea generation)
Thermal Barrier Coatings
Laser Surface Coatings for Oxidation/Corrosion Resistance Weld Overlay Coatings
Surface Modification by lon Implantation
Iron-based Intermetallic Coatings for High Temperature Applications Electro-spark Deposited Coatings for High Temperature Wear and Corrosion Oxidation Behaviour of Ti-Al alloys
Oxidation Behaviour of Fe-Cr-Al alloys
Oxidation Behaviour of iron and nickel aluminides
Methods of Preparing Coatings for High Temperature Applications Coating Systems - Manufacture and Application
Nitrocarburizing and carbonitriding
Two students may also join into one group, but then we require more extensive effort connected to one of our research areas of interest (with reading of more background material) and we will set the topic together. This can be related then to additive manufacturing, metal cutting, high temperature applications, materials for hydrogen technologies, etc.
Schedule
Tuesday 25 March 10-11: Introduction to course (Lars Nyborg)
Tuesday 1 April 8-10: Lecture Corrosion and oxidation (Emmy Cao)
Wednesday 2 April 9-10: Selection of project topics (Lars Nyborg)
Friday 4 April 9-12: Lecture XPS and Auger (Mats Norell)
Tuesday 8 April, 9-10: Follow-up – cleaning technologies (Lars Nyborg)
Wednesday 23 April 9-10: Follow-up – Surface hardening and wear (Emmy Cao)
Tuesday 29 April, 10-11: Follow-up – Thick metal and inorganic coating (Mats Norell)
Friday 9 May 8-9: Follow-up: Thin metal and inorganic coatings (Lars Nyborg)
Tuesday 13 May, 10-11: Follow-up – CVD and PVD (Lars Nyborg)
Tuesday 27 May 8-12: project presentations
Location for lectures/meetings
Seminar rom Kristallen, IMS, Rännvägen 2A.
Study visit to industry
Subject to possible agreement with surface engineering company, a study visit may be organized.
Course summary:
| Date | Details | Due |
|---|---|---|