Course: Magnetic materials

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Course title Magnetic materials
Course code KEP/MM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mach František, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pospíšil Karel, Ing.
  • Sodomka Ondřej, Ing.
Course content
1. Historical context and application of magnetic materials 2. Microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic theory of magnetism 3. Magnetic moments, classes of magnetic materials, magnetocrystalline, voltage, temperature and shape anisotropy 4. Non-linear characteristics of magnetic materials, magnetic domains and hysteresis 6. Magnetisation and demagnetization 7. Fundamentals of magnetic quantities measurement, magnetic sensors 8. Magnetometry, magnetic scanning and microscopy 9. Magnetoresistive, magnetocaloric, magnetostrictive materials and shape memory materials 10. Magnetic fluids and magnetic elastomers 11. Superconductors and high magnetic fields 12. Magnetic field of planets, geomagnetism and geodynamic modeling

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture
  • Contact hours - 16 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 2 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 40 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 23 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to have basic knowledges in macroscopic theory of electromagnetic field
Skills
to have basic skills in measuring of electrical quantities
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterize the physical nature of magnetic materials
to explain basic laws of microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic theory of magnetism
to describe measurement and analysis methods for magnetic materials properties
Skills
to apply measurement methods of magnetic quantities
to apply measurement methods of magnetic materials charakteristics
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with visual aids
Skills
Practicum
Laboratory work
Competences
Task-based study method
Self-study of literature
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Continuous assessment
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Competences
Oral exam
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Coey, J. M. D. Magnetism and magnetic materials. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-511-67743-4.
  • David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker. Fundamentals of Physics.
  • David Jeffrey Griffiths. Introduction to Electrodynamics. 2017. ISBN 978-1-108-42041-9.
  • Jiles, David. Introduction to magnetism and magnetic materials. 1st ed. London : Chapman & Hall, 1996. ISBN 0-412-38640-2.


Study plans that include the course
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