Contemporary Issues of Metallurgy and Materials Science
Major – Metallurgy
Specialisation – Ferrous metallurgy
Degree – Master
Course units:
- Up-to-date world and Russian metallurgy. Main trends in its development. Metallurgy in the Ural region.
- State of iron ore and fuel and energy sectors in world and Russian metallurgy. Modern refractory materials.
- Modern blast-furnace process. Main directions in coke consumption reduction. Alternative processing of iron ore raw materials.
- Problems and prospects in using unconventional iron crude ore and new fuel types in metallurgical enterprises of the South Ural region.
- New steel grades: high-strength steels, specialty steels. Up-to-date requirements for harmful ingredients contents.
- Achievements and main problems of the metallurgical science.
- Up-to-date continuous steel casting and main directions in its development. Casting and rolling plants.
- Issues of production of ferroalloys and key non-ferrous metals in Russian metallurgy.
- Major issues of basic oxygen and arc-furnace steelmaking processes. Ladle treatment of steel.
Activities:
- Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
- Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
- Office-hours.
Total – 108 hours
Total points – 3
Laboratory classes – none
Midterm assessment – pass/fail examination
