Coatings and Surface Treatments, 5 op

• Introduction to surface engineering of materials.
• Introduction to coating and surface treatment processes, such as thermal surface hardening, thermochemical surface treatments, diffusion treatments, thin film technologies, processes for organic coatings, thermal spray technology, laser surface treatments and weld surfacing.
• Coating properties and performances.
  
• Coating evaluation and testing.
• Industrial applications of coatings and surface treatments.

Complementary knowledge

• Application requirements for surfaces.
• Structure and properties of coating materials including metals, metallic alloys, cermets, ceramics, polymers and their composites. Properties of substrate materials and their suitability to different surface engineering processes.
  
• Standards and test procedures for evalaution of properties and quality of coatings and surface treatments.
• Industrial processes and applications.

Special knowledge

• Expertise on coating and surface treatment selection.
• Types and properties of precursors and feedstock materials for coating and surface treatment processes.
• Knowledge of selected engineering properties of coatings and surface treatments and factors having effects on these.
• Specifications used for industrial applications.
• Coating properties focusing on wear, friction, corrosion, oxidation, electrical, magnetic and other functional properties.