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Part I Nonmetal Materials

Unit 1.1 Physical Chemistry of Silicate

 Text 1 Silicate Structures and Structural Formula

 Text 2 The Classification of Silicates

 Text 3 The Typical of Silicates Forming Minerals

Unit 1.2 Phase Diagram of Silicates

 Text 1 The Phase Rule

 Text 2 Two Component Phase Diagram

 Text 3 Some Practical Phase Diagrams

Unit 1.3 Cements

 Text 1 Manufacture of Portland Cement

 Text 2 Hydration of Portland Cement

Unit 1.4 Glass

 Text 1 Glass Formation

 Text 2 Glass Manufacturing Process

 Text 3 Glass Viscosity

Unit 1.5 Ceramics

 Text 1 Development of Ceramic Materials

 Text 2 Types and Properties of Ceramic Products

Unit 1.6 Glass Ceramics

 Text 1 The Development and Application of Glass Ceramics

Unit 1.7 Concrete

 Text 1 Compressive Strength of Concrete and Factors Affecting It

 Text 2 Properties of Hardened Concrete and Their Significance

 Text 3 The Future of Concrete

Unit 1.8 Chemical Building Materials

 Text 1 Foundations of Polymer Materials

 Text 2 Plastics for Construction:Compositions, Processing and Applications

 Text 3 The Concrete Admixtures

 Text 4 Architecture Emulsion Paints

Part II Metal Materials and Heat Treatment

Unit 2.1 Metal Materials

 Text 1 Fe-C Phase Diagram

 Text 2 Carbon Steel

 Text 3 White Cast Irons

 Text 4 Grey Cast Irons

 Text 5 Alloying Elements

Unit 2.2 Principles of Heat Treatment

 Text 1 IT and CCT Diagrams

Unit 2.3 The Austenite Transformation

 Text 1 Formation and Coarsing of Austenite

 Text 2 Solid State Transformations in Decomposition of Austenite

 Text 3 Growth Mechanisms of Austenite

 Text 4 The Formation of Pro-eutectoid Ferrite and Cementite

Unit 2.4 The Martensite Transformation

 Text 1 Characteristics of the Martensite Transformation

 Text 2 The Morphology of Martensite

 Text 3 Softening and Tempering of Martensite

Unit 2.5 Transformation in Tempering

 Text 1 Tempering of Plain Carbon Steels

 Text 2 Mechanical Properties of Tempered Plain Carbon Steels and Alloy Steels

 Text 3 The Effect of Alloying Elements in Tempering

 Text 4 Tempering of Steels Containing Several Important Alloying Elements

Unit 2.6 The Hardenability and Heat Treatment of Steels

 Text 1 The Hardenabi]ity and Its Testing

 Text 2 The Effect of Grain Size and Chemical Composition on Hardenability

 Text 3 Quenching Stresses and Quench Cracking

Unit 2.7 Common Heat Treatment

 Text 1 Heat-Treating Theory

 Text 2 Normalizing and Annealing

 Text 3 Quenching

 Text 4 Tempering

Unit 2.8 Chemical Treatment of Steels

 Text 1 Principle and Technology of Gas Nitriding

 Text 2 Plasma Nitriding

 Text 3 Gas Carburizing

 Text 4 Carbonitriding

 Text 5 Metallic Cementation

Unit 2.9 Surface Hardening of Steel

 Text 1 Surface Heat Treatment and Induction Hardening

Part III Surface Engineering

Unit 3.1 Corrosion and Protection of Metals

 Text 1 Corrosion of Metals in Different Environments

 Text 2 Different Types of Corrosion

 Text 3 Protection of Metals

Unit 3.2 Electroplating

 Text 1 Electrop]ating Process

 Text 2 Surface Preparation for Electroplating

 Text 3 Triva]ent Chromium Plating Technology

Unit 3.3 Electroless Plating

 Text 1 Principle of E]ectroless Nickel Plating

 Text 2 Application of Electroless Plating

Unit 3.4 Aluminium Anodizing

 Text 1 Process and Application of Aluminium Anodizing

 Text 2 Anodizing Technologies

Unit 3.5 Cr( III ) Passivation Technology

 Text 1 Technology of Chromating Processes

 Text 2 Chromate Coatings on Specific Metals

Unit 3.6 Phosphating

 Text 1 Phosphate Coatings

 Text 2 Testing for Phosphating

Unit 3.7 Coating Technologies

 Text 1 Deposition Processes of PVD & CVD

 Text 2 Sputtered Coating

 Text 3 Sputtering Techniques

Unit 3.8 Technologies of Painting and Coating

 Text 1 Painting Technology

 Text 2 Methods of Surface Preparation for Painting

 Text 3 Coating Application

 Text 4 Thermal Spray Coatings

Unit 3.9 Wastewater and Recycling in Surface Treatment

 Text 1 Wastewater and Treatment of Electroplating

 Text 2 Reverse Osmosis ( RO )

 Text 3 Electroplating Industry Treatment Standard

Unit 3.10 Methods of Electrochemical Analysis

 Text 1 Three-electrode System

 Text 2 Vohammetry

 Text 3 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy ( EIS )

 Text 4 Analysis of Organic Plating Additives Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes

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