Course detail

Properties and Production of Electrotechnic Materials

FEKT-MPA-PPMAcad. year: 2025/2026

The subject is lectured in English language and is determined for those who want to improve their knowledge of technical English with orientation to structure, composition and properties of basic categories of electrotechnical materials and methods of their production.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Petr Vanýsek, CSc.

Department

Department of Electrical and Electronic Technology (UETE)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of electrical materials on the level of the bachelor's course Materials and technical documentation.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

up to 40 points from written test of specialized English terminology during the semester
up to 60 points from written test focused on verification of knowledge and orientation in presented topics
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Aims

The aim of the subject is a professional language preparation of students for a study in English or jobs demanded knowledge of English terminology in electrotechnics with orientation to electrotechnic materials and their production. The subject is set for the students having basic knowledge of English grammar and spoken English.
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- classify electrical materials from the point of view of their properties and usage,
- explain nature of physical phenomena that take place in the structure of electrical materials,
- be knowledgeable in English terminology in the field of electrotechnical materials, their structure, composition, properties and selected production processes,
- be knowledgeable in English written technical texts with mentioned themes,
- use specialized English terminology both in written text and in speech.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Eric H. Glendinning, Oxford English for Careers Technology 1 Student´s Book, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-456950-7 (EN)
Eric H. Glendinning, Oxford English for Careers Technology 2 Student´s Book, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-456953-8 (EN)
J. F. Shackelford, Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, Pearson 2015, ISBN 878-0-13-3826654-4 (EN)
L. H. Van Vlack, Elements of Materials Science and Engineering, 6th ed., Addison Wesley,1989. ISBN 0-201-09314-6, 610 p. (EN)
P. Van Zant, Microchip Fabrication, 6th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. ISBN 9780071821018, pp. 576. (EN)
S. Kalpakjian and S. R. Schmid, Manufacturing Process for Engineering Materials, Pearson 2018, ISBN 978-93-530-6291-0 (EN)
W. D. Callister, Jr. and D. G. Rethwisch, Materials Science and Engineering, Wiley 2018, ISBN 978-1-119-72177-2 (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPA-EEN Master's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-EEN Master's 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme MPC-KAM Master's 0 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. RNDr. Petr Vanýsek, CSc.

Syllabus

Structure, composition and properties of electrotechnic materials.
Metals, electrical and thermal conductivity of metals. Materials for conductors and resistors, manufacturing of windings, thermocouples.
Superconductivity, superconductors of the 1st and 2nd class, high temperature superconductors.
Magnetic materials, theory of the ferromagnetic state, losses in magnetic materials.
Soft and hard magnetic materials, metallic magnetic materials, ferrites.
Semiconductors, concentration of carriers, conductivity of semiconductors.
Non equilibrium states in semiconductors.
Generation - recombination process.
Properties of basic semiconductor structures, PN junction, metal-insulator-semiconductor, metal-semiconductor.
Production of semiconductor materials and structures.
Insulators and dielectrics, polarization mechanisms, dielectrics in dc and ac electric fields.
Conductivity and losses in insulators, electrical and thermal breakdown of insulators.
Survey of insulators in solid, liquid and gaseous state. Manufacturing of ceramics, glasses and plastics.