| Area: |
WASM Minerals Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy Teaching Area |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
5.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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| Lecture: |
2 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
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| Syllabus: |
Atomic structure. Interatomic bonding. Structure of crystalline solids. Imperfections in solids. Diffusion. Mechanical properties of metals. Dislocations and strengthening mechanisms. Failure. Phase diagrams. Phase transformations in metals. Thermal processing of metal alloys. Metal alloys. Structure and properties of ceramics. Applications and processing of ceramics. Polymer structures. Characteristics, applications and processing of polymers. Composites. Concretes. Corrosion and degradation of materials. Electrical properties. Thermal properties. Magnetic properties. Optical properties. Material selection and design considerations. Economic, safety and environmental issues. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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| Field of Education: | 030305 Materials Engineering |
| Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Partially Online Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
Fully Online |
| 2005 |
Kalgoorlie Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
Partially
Online
Internal | refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
Fully
Online | refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
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