Programme Offered

Undergraduate courses in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Postgraduate courses;
Postgraduate diploma in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Masters of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
M.Phil in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Ph.d. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

DEPARTME T OF METALLURGICAL A D MATERIALS

E GI EERI G POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
GENERAL

The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering offers

programmes leading to the:
(a)

Postgraduate Diploma in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

and to the degree of

(b)

Master of Science

(c)

Master of Philosophy

(d)

Doctor of Philosophy

POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA
Introduction:
The proposed programme is essentially a conversion course for scientists,
engineers other than whose basic degrees are Metallurgical and or
Materials Engineering/Science who intent to obtain some expertise in this
field. The programme consists of courses of instruction and a project.
The full time students, the duration of the programme is one (1) academic
session

Admission Requirements:
Only candidates who possess good basic degrees or equivalent in the
physical sciences or engineering (other than Metallurgical and/or
Materials Engineering or allied fields) from this or any other approved
institution will be considered for admission into the programme.
Candidates may be required to satisfy the Department in a selection
process. Candidates must also satisfy all other requirements of the
School of Post Graduate Studies.
Diploma Requirements
(A) Candidate will have satisfied the requirements for the award of a
P.G.D. if:

(B)

(1)

he offers and passes a total of 19 units made up as follows:

(a) 16 units of courses of instruction
(b) 3 units of project and

(2)

he satisfies all the other requirements for the diploma which

are stipulated in the regulations of the School of
Postgraduate Studies.

DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIE CE

Introduction:
The M.Sc. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) is a programme
consisting ofr courses of instruction and a project. Major areas of
specialisation are Phase Transformation in solids, electrochemistry and
Corrosion, Electron Microscopy, Metal working and Febrication, Fracture
Mechanics and Transport Phenomena in materials processing. For fulltime students, the duration of the programme is twelve calendar months.
Admission Requirements
(i)

Candidate with a Bachelors degree in Metallurlgical and Materials

Engineering from this and any approved University may apply for
admission into the programme. Candidates with degree in
disciplines other than Metallurgical and Materials Engineering may

be considered for admission as occasional students in the first

instance.
(ii)

Candidates may be required to satisfy the Department in a

qualifying Examination before admission.

(iii)

Candidates are required to satisfy all other requirements of the

School of Postgraduate Studies.
DEGREE REQUIREME TS

To satisfy the requirements for the award of the M.Sc. in Metallurgical

and Materials Engineering, a candidate must:

(C)

(a)

Offer and pass all core courses in his chosen area of

specialisation.

(b)

Offer and pass such number of 800-level elective courses as

is required to bring the total of 800-level course units
(including core courses but excluding project) to at least 24
units, subject to the provision that not less than a total of 15
course units must be taken within the Department.

(c)

Offer and pass 4 unit of project and

(d)

Satisfy all other conditions stipulated in the regulations of

the School of Postgraduate Studies.

DEGREE OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY I

METALLURGICAL A D MATERIALS E GI EERI G

Introduction
The M.Phil Programme consists of formal instruction, research
seminar(s) and a dissertation. A candidate may specialise in one of the
areas of Phase Transformation in Solids, Electrochemistry and Corrosion,
Electron Microscopy, Metal working, Fabrication, Fracture Mechanics
and Transport phenomena in materials processing.
Admission Requirements
To be eligible for admission in the M.Phil. Programme, a candidate must:

(i)

either hold a Masters degree in Metallurgical and Materials

Engineering from this or any other approved university, or hold a
first class or second class upper bachelors degree in Metallurgical
and Materials Engineering from this or any other approved
university.

(ii)

Satisfy the Department in a selection process and

(iii)

Satisfy all other requirements of the School of Postgraduate

Studies.
DEGREE REQUIREME TS

(a)

(b)

To fulfil the conditions for the award of M.Phil (Metallurgical and

Materials Engineering) degree, a candidate whose qualification on
entry into the programme is an M.Sc. in Metallurgical and
Materials Engineering must:
(i)

Offer and pass a minimum of 6 units of 900-level courses;

(ii)

Satisfy all other requirements stipulated in the Regulations

of the School of Postgraduate Studies.

To fulfil the conditions for the award of the M.Phil (Metallurgical

and Materials Engineering), a candidate whose entry qualification
is a B.Sc. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) must:
(i)

Offer and dpass all the core courses in his chosen area of
specialisation.

(ii)

Offer and pass such number of 800-level courses as is

requireed to bring the total number of 800-level course units
to at least 24.

(iii)

Offer and pass 4 units of selected Topics in current

Metallurgical and materials Engineering Research.

(iv)

Offer and pass a minimum of 6 units of Research Seminars

at the 900-level and

(v)

Satisfy all other existing requirements stipulated in the

Requlations of the School of Postgraduate Studies.

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY I

METALLURGICAL A D MATERIALS E GI EERI G
Introduction:
In this programme, the emphasis is on original research. Candidate may
undertake their researches in one of the areas of Phase Transformation in
Solids, Electrochemistry and Corrosion, Electron Microscopy, Metal
working and Fabrication, Fracture Mechanics and Transport Phenomena
in materials processing
Admission Requirements
To be eligible for admission in the Ph.D. Programme, a candidate is
required to:
(i)

Be a holder of an M.Phil. degree or equivalent in Metallurgical and

Materials Engineering awarded by this or any other approved
university.

(ii)

Satisfy the Department in a selection process and

(iii)

Satisfy all other admission requirements of the School of

Postgraduate Studies.
DEGREE REQUIREME TS

To satisfy the requirements for the award of Ph.D. (Metallurgical and

Materials Engineering) degree, a candidate must:
(i)

Offer and pass minimum of 6 units of 900-level courses and

(ii)

Satisfy all other requirements of the School of Postgraduate

Studies.

STRUCTURE OF PROGRAMME

P.G.D. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)

Course Code

Title
Units

MME 701
2
MME 702
2
MME 703

Iron and Steel making

Principles of Heat Treatment
Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy
2

MME 704

Microstructure of Solid & Physical Metallurgy

2

MME 705
3
MME 706
2
MME 707
2
MME 799
1

Solidification and foundry technology

Diffusion and Nucleation
Refractory technology
Project

-----19 Units
===
M.Sc. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering)
Course Code
Units

Title

MME 800/SSE 800

3
MME 811
3
MME 814

Numerical Methods in Engineering

MME 815
3

Phase Transformation in Solids

Physical Chemistry of Metal Extraction
And Refining
3
Electrochemistry and Corrosion

MME 899
3

MME 810

MME 812
3
MME 813
3
MME 816
3
MME 817
3
MME 818
3
MME 819
3
MME 820
3
MME 821
3
MME 822
3

Project

Thermodynamics of Materials
3

Theory of dislocation
Deformation and Fracture
Electron Microscopy
Metal working and Fabrication
X-ray Crystallography
Advanced Physical Techniques
Fracture Mechanics
Gas-solid Reactions
Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing

Other 800-level courses in other relevant Departments as may be

expressly approved by the candidates course adviser.
M.Phil. Courses
MME 901
4
MME 902
3
MME 903
3

Selected Topics in current Metallurgical and

Materials Engineering
Research Seminar I
Research Seminar II

Ph.D. Course
MME 951
3

Research Seminar III

MME 952
3

Research Seminar IV

OTE:
The courses listed above are mostly those hitherto offered in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering for Postgraduate degree in
Metallurgical and materials Engineering. The following are the
equivalent course codes in the options offered in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering,

(E)

COURSE DESCRIPTIO

(I)

COURSE FOR POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA I

METALLURGICAL A D MATERIALS E GI EERIS G
MME 701 IRO A D STEEL MAKI G (2,0)

Modern Iron Making Processes - Blast Furnace, Direct Reduction

processes (HYL, Midrex, Proufer, Wibeg-Sodefors), Plasmarod and
Plasmasmelt.
Physical chemistry of the reactions in the blast furnace. Process analysis
of the blast furnace using material and energy balance calculations.
Reichart and Rist diagrams. Significance of burden preparation,
distribution and transport processes in iron making.
Survey of modern steel making processes - Bessemer Converter, Open
Hearth, Electric Furnace, Basic Oxygen processes, A.O.D.
Application of the theory of slag-metal reactions to refining slags,
oxidation and deoxidation reactions, desulphurisation and
dephosphorisation. Other refining processes. Ingot and Teeming
practice.
MME 702: PRI CIPLES OF HEAT TREATME T
Types of heat treatment for solid solution or duplex alloys.
Decomposition of Solid Solution. Eutetoid transformations. Matensitic
transformations. Gas-metal reaction - examples will be drawn from the

metallography of alloys of industrial importance. Alloys with ordered

structure and alloys which undergo allotropic transformation.
Hardening of steel. Effect of cooling rates. Hardenability and its
measurements. Role of retained austenite during heat treatment.
Tempering of steels and its influences on mechanical properties. The
TTT diagrams. Tempering parameters, Secondary hardening, tempered
embrittlement. Role of alloying elements on heat treatment. Properties
of partially quenched steels. Austempering, Ausforming, Martempering,
Annealing, Normalising, Case Hardening, etc. Heat treatment of high
alloy steels including maraging and stainless steels.
MME 703: MI ERAL PROCESSI G A D EXTRACTIO
METAL LURGY (2,O)
Ore preparation - Drying, roasting, sintering and heat balance. Elingham
and its application.
Flotation - Solution chemistry and surface chemistry as related to froth
flotation. Absorption interfacial energy, floculation and dispersion and
floatation kinetics.
Hydro - and Electrometallurgy - physical and chemical principles
involved in the extraction and refining of metals by hydro and
electrometallurgical techniques. Discussion of unit processes in hydro
metallurgy, electrorefining.
Analysis of integrated flowsheet of recovery of non-ferrous metals.
Pyrometallurgy - The extraction and refining of metals. Modern practice
changes required by anti-pollution regulations and by energy restrictions.
Analysis and design of processes and role of economic consideration.

MME 704: MICROSTRUCTURE OF SOLIDS A D PHYSICAL

METALLURGY (2,0)
Microstructure of crystalline (metals) and non-crystalline (glasses,
polymers) solids. Bonding in solids. Deformation processes (slip,
twinning, etc). Annealing of deformed metals - recovery, recrystallisation
and grain growth. Effect of some variables on recovery, recrystallisation
and grain growth. Binary Equilibrium diagrams and Lever Rule.

Heterogenerous equilibra. Classius - Claperyron Equation, Vapour

pressure and phase rule, Activity and potential, P.T. diagrams, ironcarbide diagram.
Hysteresis and allotrophy. Application of equilibrium diagrams to the
study of solid state reactions in steels. Cu-Zn alloys as an example of a
complex system. Aluminium and its alloys e.g. Al-Mg, Al-Cu, Al-Si as
examples of different strengthening processes.
Dislocation - definition, types and characteristics. Reaction of dislocation
with
dislocations and other lattice defects. Slip in single and polycrystals.
Yield point
phenomenon, work hardening and recovery. Diffusion in solid state
steady state
diffusion. Fick's Laws and applications. Atomic mechanics. Vacancy,
equilibrium and
Kirkendall Effect. Nucleation and growth processes. Homogeneous
nucleation.
Application of metallurgical processes e.g. precipitation hardening, etc.
Alloy theory,
factors governing solubility. Entropy of mixing. Hume Rothery Rules.
Typical cases of
intermediate phase. Order - disorder transformation. Failure in metals.

MME 705: SOLIDIFICATIO A D FOU DRY TECH OLOGY

(2,1)
Processes of freezing, nucleation and growth of metals. Solid-phase
Planar
and Dendritic growth. Freezing of alloys. Constitutional supercooling.
Solidification of two-phase alloys. Structure of cast alloys. Effect of cast
structure on properties. Segregation in ingots. Casting techniques (sands,
gravity, precision, centrifugal, etc.) Gating of castings. Finishing
operation. Defects in casting and remedies.
MME 706: DIFFUSIO A D UCLEATIO (2,0)
Fick's first law of Diffusion through membranes. Derivation and solution
of Fick's
Second Law. Application of Second Law to metallurgical processes such
as

carburisation, decarburisation, nitriding, etc. Diffusion in solid state

transformation e.g.
precipitation. Atomic mechanisms of diffusion. Kirkendall effect.
Intrinsic coefficients
Homogenous and heterogenous nucleation. Effect of volume strain on
nucleation.
MME 707: REFRACTORY TECH OLOGY (2,0)
Properties of refractories. M ain refractory materials, natural and
synthetic. Manufacture, use and properties of aluminosilicate, silica and
basic refractories. Significance and phase diagram. Influence of physical
and chemical constituents. Thermal and other modes of spalling and slag
attack including mechanisms. Manufacture and properties of carbon
refractories. Zircon, Carbide and other special refractories.

MME 810 - THERMODY AMICS OF MATERIALS (3,0)

Heat, energy and temperature changes. First and second laws of
Thermodynamics, Entropy, vant Haffs and Clausium - Clapeyron
Equations and Applications thermodynamics - entropy of mixing.

Gibbs - Dalton relationships.

Standard states and criteria for

equilibrium constants. Applications of the first, second and third laws of

thermodynamics to metallurgical systems.

Chemical potential.

Colligative properties for ideal and non-ideal systems.

MME 811 - PHASE TRA SFORMATIO I SOLIDS (3, 0)

Nucleation and growth process, free energy changes in
precipitation.

Theories of Nucleation and Clustering.

Heterogenous

nucleation at grain boundaries, stacking faults, dislocation and impurity

phases.

Precipitation phenomena - general, localized and cellular

precipitation, structural changes (Gruiner-Preston Zones, intermediate

and stable precipitates) and their correlation with property changes.

Coherency, Order-disorder reactions, Coalescene and over-ageing.

Kinetics of phase transformation including effects of deformation and t
race elements on precipitation rates. Shear Transformation. Nature and
thermodynamics of

martensitic transformation.

Kinetics and

crystallographic features in various alloy systems.

Thermal and

Isothermal transformation. Burst phenomena. Theory, production of

habit planes, orientation relationship and shape deformation.

MME 812 - THEORY OF DISLOCATIO (2, 0)

The dislocation, concept, glide and climb.

Perfect/Imperfect

dislocations, stacking faults, jogs. Stresses around dislocations, pile-ups

and cracks. Energy of dislocations and effect of mechanical properties.
Interaction of dislocation with point defect impurities, etc. Contrasts
produced in transmission electron microscopy. Application of dislocation
theory to metallurgical processes e.g. work-hardening, strain ageing,
creep etc.

MME 813 - DEFORMATIO A D FRACTURE (3, 0)

Deformation and Recrystallization:

Deformation of multi and

polycrystals;
Calculation to flow curve for polycrystals from single crystal data;
yielding in polycrystals - deformation textures.

Recovery and

recrystallizations.

Deformation at elevated Temperatures:

Recent ideas on

deformation and restoration processes at high temperatures for strain rates

ranging from those of creep to hot working.

Effects of alloying,

precipitation on deformation at high temperatures. Creep processes.

Yield, Fracture and Fatigue: experimental data on dislocation

velocity and multiplication, application to yield points and fracture. Ideal
tensile strength, brittle and ductile fracture. Nucleation, and propagation
of crack. Fatigue - nucleation and growth of fatigue cracks. Structural
and fractographic changes during fatigue.

Stress-wave propagation.

Stress induced fracture. Structural changes resulting from impulsive and

shock loading.

Single Crystal Platicity: Experimental results on single crystals

and their relevance to understanding of work-hardening phenomena.
Critical shear for slip, effect of temperature and solute atoms. Stressstrain curve of cubic and hexagonal metal crystals. Metallography of
deformation - slip bands; direct observations and stacking faults.

MME 814 - PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OR METAL EXTRACTIO

A D REFI I G (3,0)
High temperature Process: Redox reactions and their applications
to energetic and kinetics of selected extraction and refining processes.
Vacuum metallurgy.

Vapour phase reactions, hydride and carbonyl

processes. Fused salt chemistry. Structural chemistry of molten salts.

Electrolytic processes used in extraction and refining. Low temperature
reactions, structural chemistry of aqueous and non-aqueous solutions.

MME 815 - ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY A D CORROSIO (2,1)

Aqueous Electrochemistry and Corrosion: Structure of aqueous
solution, solution, activity, electo-chemistry equilibria. Thermodynamics
of cells. Electrode Kinetics.

Aspects

of

Aqueous

Corrosion

(polyelectrodes,

alloy

systems,

dezincification) Passivity, influence of films on metal-solution equilibria

and Kinetics.
Solid State Electro-Chemistry: Mechanisms of ionic and electronic
conduction.

Measurement of conductivity and transport numbers,

degrees of disorder of ionic crystals. Diffusion and chemical reactions

involving ionic crystals.

Oxidation of metals and alloys Rate laws.

Wagner's theory of parabolic oxidation. Application to oxidation of Cu

and Zn and sulphidation of Ag Galvanic cells with solid electrolytes.

MME 816 - ELECTRO MICROSCOPY (2,1)

Specimen

preparation,

stereographic,

Diffraction, Indexing of diffraction patterns.

reciprocal

lattice.

Electron microprobe

analyser-operation, lens aberrations.

Kikuchi lines.

Absorption.

Thickness

resulting

dislocation,

determination,

Contrast

from

precipitates, stacking faults. Practical observation and demonstrations.

Analysis of structures including quench defects, deformation and
orientation relationships.

MME 817 - METAL WORKI G & FABRICATIO (3,0)

Classification - hot and cold working. Effect of physical variables.
Deformation under combined stresses.

The yield criteria and their

applications. Forging: hammering and pressing methods, defects and

residual stresses. Theory of plastic compression with friction. Rolling,
extrusion and piercing, wire and tube drawing, deep drawing, methods
and theory.

Special forming methods, spinning, hydroforming and

explosive forming.

Joining of Metals - Soldering, brazing, welding methods.

Principles and metallurgy of welds,

Powder Metallurgy and

Applications.

MME 818 - X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2,1)

Production and properties of X-rays, intensity curves, absorption,
filters, fluorescence, radiography.
diffraction.

Laue photographs.

Health hazard.

Principles of

Power photographs.

Power camera,

indexing of cubic pattern (sin 2 v log methods) Patterns from PIF

structures; hexagonal patterns.
parameters.

Indexing.

Determination of lattice

Systematic errors; Nelson-Rilley slots, A.S.T.M. index;

phase diagrams, superlatices. Stress analysis of mixture using X-ray

techniques. Pole figures, fibre textures, charts.

MME 819 - ADVA CED PHYSICAL TECH IQUES (2,1)

X-rays, Factors affecting line intensity in power photographs
(including derivation and calculation with F (hkl). Quantitative phase
analysis (application to measurement of retained austenite). Photographic
measurement of the intensity.

Diffractometer techniques including

counting statistics, use of scaler and rate meter. Preferred orientation,

Electron diffraction, Neutron diffraction analysis, micro-radiography and
autradiography.

X-ray

fluorescent

analysis.

Electron

probe

microanalysis. Study of materials by electron microscope (SEM, TEM,

Auger Microprobe, etc).

Quantitative metallography, Non-destructive

testings.

MME 820 - FRACTURE MECHA ICS (3,0)

Quantitative: In terms of linear Elastic Fracture mechanics and
crack displacement. Stresses at crack tips. Elastic plastic solid-plane

stress condition.

Elastic-plastic case plane strain condition.

Critical

stresses for fracture (Elastic-plastic solid). Plane stress Vs. plane strain
conditions.

Griffith equation.

Metallurgical aspects of fracture

Engineering toughness parameters (crack opening displacement, fracture

energy, etc). Dislocation and fracture. Micromechanisms of fracture.
Application of fracture mechanics technique to stress-corrosion and other
metallurgical failure in metals and other engineering materials.

MME 821 - GAS-SOLID REACTIO S (2,0)

Elements of Gas-Solid Reactions,

involving single particles,

including chemical kinetics, heat and mass transfer, pore diffusion effect
and structural changes. Reaction of porous particles, reactions between
solids, proceeding through gaseous intermediates.

Review of

experimental techniques used for studying gas-solid reactions, including

physical characterization of solid specimens.

Behaviour of multi-

particles systems, such as packed beds, fluidized beds, and rotary kilns.
Gas-solid reactions of industrial importance, including coal gasification,
iron oxide reduction, roasting of sulfide ores, reaction of SO2 with
limestone and incineration of urban wastes.

MME 822 - TRA SPORT PHE OME A I MATERIALS

PROCESSI G (3,0)
Definition of viscosity, simple overall mechanical energy balances,
elements of laminar flow and turbulent flow.

Thermal conductivity

steady and unsteady combustion problems, forced and natural convection.

Heat transfer coefficient and radiative heat transfer. Definition of binary
diffusivity, convection mass transfer, and mass transfer coefficient
Illustrative examples drawn from materials processing field.

COURSES

FOR

M.PHIL.

METALLURGICAL

A D

MATERIALS E GI EERI G

MME 901 - SELECTED TOPICS IN CURRENT METALLURGICAL

AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING.
Selected topics in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering will be
offered by senior members of staff. Apart from receiving lectures, a
student may be required to undertake independent study on one or two
advanced topics on each of which he would be required to present a paper
for evaluation at the end of the course.

MME 902 - RESEARCH SEMINARS I & II (3 Units Each)

For each of the courses, candidates will be required to give a
minimum of two seminar presentations on specific current research topics
in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

Each candidate will be

required to produce a paper in the usual journal format, on each of the

research topics. Papers limited in content to literature review and/or
development of mathematical or experimental models related to
candidate's dissertation topic may be acceptable.

COURSES FOR PH.D. I METALLURGICAL A D MATERIALS

E GI EERI G

MME 951 AND 952 - RESEARCH SEMINARS III & IV (3 Units Each)
Those courses are designed for Ph.D. candidates. In addition to all
the requirements of Research Seminars I & II, originality of the research
and its contribution to knowledge will

B.Sc. METALLURGICAL A D MATERIALS E GI EERI G

COURSE OUTLI E
YEAR 1
1st Semester
Course Code
FSC 102
FSC 105
GEG 101
GEG 103
GST 102
GST 105
MME 101
MEG 101
MEG 103

Course Title
Introductory Chemistry
Introductory Physics (Basic Engineering
Physics)
Engineering Pure Mathematics
Engineering Applied Mathematics I
Introduction to Logic & Philosophy
Use of English
Basic Information Technology
Workshop Practice I
Technical Drawing I
Total

Lecture
unit
2
2

Lab.
Unit
1
1

PreReq.
-

3
3
2
2
2
1
17

1
1
4

21

2nd Semester
Course
Course Title
Code
CHM 101 Introductory Chemistry II
CHM 102 Chemistry Practicals
GEG 102
Engineering Pure Mathematics II
GEG 104
Engineering Applied Mathematics II
MME 102 Basic Computer Science &
Programming
MEG 102
Workshop Practice II
MEG 104
Technical Drawing II
PHS 101
Introductory Physics II
PHS 102
Introductory Physics III
PHS 103
Physics Practicals
Total

YEAR 2
1st Semester
Course Code

Lecture
unit
4
2
2
2

Lab.
Unit
2
-

Pre- Req.

1
2
3
16

1
1
2
6

22

Pre- Req.

3
2

Lab
.
Uni
t
1
1

2
3

1
2
2

1
1

1
16

1
5

GEG 101
GEG 102
GEG 103
GEG 104
21

Course Title

Lectur
e unit

GAS 201
GEG 201

Organic Chemistry
Fundamental of Electrical Engineering
I
General African Studies I
Engineering Mathematics I

MME 201
MEG 201
MEG 203
MEG 205

Materials in Engineering
Thermodynamics
Workshop Practice III
Mechanics Statics

CHM 203
EEG 201

MEG 207

Engineering Graphics
Total
2nd Semester
Course
Course Title
Code
CHM 202
Physical Chemistry II
EEG 202
Fundamental of Electrical Engineering
II
GAS 202
General African Studies II
GEG 202
Introductory Engineering Statics
MEG 202
MEG 204
MEG 206
MEG 210

Fluid Mechanics
Workshop Practical IV
Machine Drawing
Strength & Testing of Materials
Total

GEG 101
GEG 103
-

Lectur
e unit
2
2

Lab.
Unit
2
1

Pre- Req.

2
3

2
1
2
14

1
1
1
1
7

GEG 102
GEG 104
MEG 102
MEG 104
21

Direct Entry Students shall register for MME 101 and MME 102 in addition to
courses in the table above.

YEAR 3
1st Semester
Course
Course Title
Code
CHG 203 Chemical Engineering Process Analysis
1
GEG 301 Engineering Mathematics II
MME
Thermodynamics of Materials
301
MME
Physical Metallurgy I
305
MEG 305 Incompressible Fluid Dynamics
Materials Laboratory II
MME
307
Science of Materials
MME
309
Electrochemistry and Corrosion
MME
311
Total

Lecture
unit
2
2
3

Course Title

1
2

1
1

3
18

Lecture
unit
2
2

21

Lab.
Unit

CHG 203

2
3
2
2

1
1

15

Pre- Req.
GEG 301

Total

YEAR 4
1st Semester
Course

GEG 201

2nd Semester
Course
Course Title
Code
GEG 302
Operational Methods
CHG 202
Introductory Chemical Engineering
Operation
CHG 204
Chemical Engineering Process Analysis
II
MME 316
Industrial Engineering I
MME 302
Properties of Materials
MME 304
Crystallography
MME 306
Materials Processing II

2nd SEMESTER VACATIO

MME 300
Industrial Training

Pre-Req.

Lab.
Unit

17

Lecture

Lab

Pre-

Code
GEG 401
GEG 402
GEG 403
MME 401
MME 403
MME 405
MME 407
MME 409
MME 413

Technical communication
Numerical Methods in Engineering
Engineering Statistics
Chemical Metallurgy
Materials Laboratory II
Physical Metallurgy II
Mineral Processing Technology
Entrepreneurship for Materials
Engineers
Industrial Engineering II
Total

2nd Semester
Course Code
MME 400

Course Title
Industrial Training
Total

Unit
1
2
2
3
3
3
2

Unit
1
-

Req.
-

3
19

20

Lecture
Units
-

PreReq.
-

Lab.
Units
8
8

YEAR 5
1st Semester
Course
GEG 501
MME 503
MME 505
MME 507
MME 509
MME 511
MME 513
MME 515
MME 521

2nd Semester
Course Code

Course Title
Engineering Economics
Deformation & Fracture Mechanics
Transport Phenomena in Material processing
Iron-steel Technology
Engineering Plasticity
Fuels, Furnaces & Refractories
Metallurgical Process & Plant Design
Industrial & Entrepreneurial Seminar
Project
Total

Lecture
unit
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
18

Course Title

Lectur

Lab
Units
3

Lab Units

GEG 502
MME 504
MME 506
MME 508
MME 510
MME 512
MME
514/SSG
MME 516
MME 522

Engineering Law & Management

Materials Processing II
Mechanics of Metal-forming
Non Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy
Solidification & Foundry Technology
Polymeric Materials
Engineering Systems Analysis

e Unit
2
2
2
3
2
3
2

Failure & Material Selection Analysis

Project
Total

2
18

3
3

METALLURGICAL A D MATERIALS E GI EERI G

COURSE DESCRIPTIO
MME 101: BASIC I FORMATIO TECH OLOGY(1,0)
Introduction to computer technology, hardware, software and other terminologies,
primary operating systems, DOS windows, word processing, data base, presentation
software, graphics and scientific visualizations, computer networks, INTERNET and
INTRANET, internet applications, e-mail, WWW(URL) HTML, JAVA.
MME 102: BASIC COMPUTER SCIE CE & PROGRAMMI G(1,0)
Introduction to computer science, foundations of programming, coding techniques,
basic data structures, general coding coding in pseudo code. Algorithm design.
Miscellaneous languages such as visual basic, C++, JAVA, Fortran, etc.
MME 201: MATERIALS I E GI EERI G DEVELOPME T (2,0)
The Engineering materials family, materials of early and non-industrial societies,
materials of industrial societies. Some recent material groupings, ceramics, polymers,
composites, semi conductors and bio-materials. Materials processing techniques:
Conventional and modern materials processing techniques. Historical contribution of
materials development and utilization to the course of technology transportation,
(railways, road, air, sea transport), building construction, medicine and dentistry,
electronic, telecommunication and information, Electronic/Magnetic optical materials,

ceramics, polymers, ceramics, polymers, composites, Bio-materials, Nano-materials.

Environmental Impact Survey (EIS) of Materials Exploration.
Relevant audio-visual aids.
MME 301 - THERMODY AMICS OF MATERIALS (3,0)
Introduction. Basic concepts in thermodynamics. Objectives and limitations of
classical thermodynamics. Zeroth law of thermodynamics. First law of
thermodynamics. Internal energy and work. Calculation of work for various
thermodynamics. Processes. Heat capacities. Thermochemistry. Hess's law.
Kirchoff's law. Second law of thermodynamics. Efficiency of cyclic process. Carnot
cycle. Entropy. Thermodynamic. Equation of state. Statistical interpretation of
entropy. Free energy functions. Gibbs-Helmbioltz equation. Maxwell's relations.
Third law of thermodynamics. Fugacity, activity and equilibrium constant.
Van Hoff's isotherm. Variation of equilibrium constant with temperature. Clausius Clapeyron's equation.
Ellingham diagrams and application. Thermodynamic solutions. Raoult's law.
Henry's law. Sievert's law. Properties of ideal solutions.
Chemical potentials. Partial Molar properties and their inter-relations. Gibbs Duhem equation and its integration. Actual solutions. Regular solutions. Excess
thermodynamic properties. Application to phase diagrams. Derivation of phase rule.
Thermodynamics of Electrochemical cells. Nernst equation. Emf method of
measurement of Thermodynamic properties. Transport number, conductance, nonmobility and their interpretation. Kinetics of Metallurgical reactions. Collision
theory
of Absolute reaction rates. Order and molecularity of reactions.
Determination of order. Catalysis and chemical reactions.
MME 302 - PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS (3,0)
Deformation and Elastiticy:
Condensed states of matter, Deformation of Solids and Liquids; displacement, strain
rotation. Stress, Hooke's Law for isotropic materials, Elastic constants and the
relations between them. Measurement of Elastic Constants: Plastic Properties: Stress
- strain Curves, yield stress, proof stress, ultimate tensile strength, ductility. True
Stress, true strain, work hardening. Fracture, toughness, hardness, recovery and
recrystallization, Creep, fatigue.
Thermal Properties: thermal energy, specific heat, thermal expansion. Thermal shock.
Effects of thermal properties on material behaviour.
Electrical, optical and Magnetic Materials and Devices. Introduction to electronic,
optical and magnetic properties of materials in terms of their electronic structure,
chemical composition and bonding. Properties of metals, semi conductors and
insulators including electrical conduction, thermoelectric power. Hall effect, optical
absorption and reflection, luminescence, para - and ferromagnetism - effects of micro
- structure and impurity content. Texture effect.
MME 304 - CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 1(2,1)
External morphology of crystals. Law of constant angle.
Representation by directions of ace normals.
Hardy regular internal parking, the crystalline state. Law of rational indices. Miller
indices and Miller-Bravis. Reference axes, parametral plane Sterographic projections.
External symmetry, crystal systems,

crystal classes. Primitive and non primitive cells. Mathematical crystallography for
orthogonal reference axes. Angles between planes and directions. Pacing of plane.
Crystal Chemistry - lonic, Covalent, metalic and van der Wall's bonded crystals,
Structures of true metals, geometry of regular packing of spheres. lonic crystals.
NaCl, CaCl, CsCl, lonic Radii. Covalent crystal-diamond. Zim's rule, sub group
metals, solid solution, atomic radii. Intermetallic differently bonded crystal X-ray
Crystallography:
Production and properties of X-rays:
X-ray tubes, spectral intensity curves, absorption filters, interpretation of
characteristic lines, absorption edges. Health hazard, Fluorescence radiography.
Principles of Diffraction, atomic Scattering, Bragg's equation, missing reflections.
Laue photographs - powder Cameras, appearance of photographs resolution of
doublet. Indexing of pattern (SIN2 vs log methods). Appearance of patterns from
PIF structures. Indexing hexagonal, tetragonal patterns.
Deformation of Lattice Parameters:
Nelson-Piley Plots, Accuracy attainable. Foccusion cameras A.S.T.M index, phase
diagrams, superlattice stress analysis of mixtures. Pole figures, fibre texture: charts.

MME 305 - PHYSICAL METALLURGY 1(2,1)

Introduction to metals and metal alloy systems. The metallic bond and structure of
metals. Solidification of pure metals, effect of variables on structure solidification as
a nucleation and growth process. Solidification of non-crystalline materials.
Preparation of materials to reveal structure, use of microscope Annealing of metals,
grain growth, surface energy and shapes of crystals. Deformation, slip, twinning,
effect of microstructure, viscous flow. Annealing of deformed metals. Effect of
variables. Binary Equilibria - Alloying, solid solutions. Equilibrium of phase
diagrams, complete solubility, Cu/Ni type, Lever rule. Effect of cooling changes in
solid, heterogeneous Equilibria, Claudius - Chaperon, on vapour pressure, phase rule,
definitions and proof. Introducing activity and potential P-T diagrams, condensed
systems. Peritectics, More complex equilibrium diagrams with maxima, minima
Compounds, etc. Iron - Iron carbide diagram, Hysteresis, allotropy.
Applications-Cast Steel, Wrought steels, Effect of Cooling on structure of steels.
Martensite. Quenching, T.T.T. curves, hardenability. Bainite, Alloying. Tempering
properties and structure. Surface hardening. High alloy steels, cast irons, stability
Fe3C, Iron-graphite equilibrium. Copper, Copper - Zinc alloys as an example of
different strengthening processes.
MME 306 - MATERIALS PROCESSI G 1(2,1)
Joining of metals. Brazing: Principles of bonding. Welding methods, principles and
metallurgy of welds. Casting methods; Sand Casting: Billet casting methods: Zublin:
Erical; Durvile and continuous casting and other forms of casting. Fundamentals of
solidification and structural developments in casting
Electrodeposition: Growth of electrodeposits: addition of agents, principles illustrated
with cyanide baths, nickel and chromium.
MME 307 - MATERIALS LABORATORY (2,1)
Introduction to study of materials by light and x-ray. Examination of structure and
relationship of structure to mode of fabrication. Fundamentals of metals forming and

heat-treatment operations, Metallography. Physical tests: tensile, creep, hardness and

fracture.
MME 309 - SCIE CE OF MATERIALS (3,0)
Atomic structure, Mass number and Isotopy. The physical model of the atom.
Electron notation of atoms including valency model of the atom. Valency and inert
gasses and inertness. Excitation, ionization energy. Structure and properties of
atomic nuclei. Radioactivity. Inter atomic bonding. Crystal structure. Stacking
sequence and stacking faults.
Miller indices. Interplanar distance, Crystal
imperfections. Atomic movements. Phases. Equilibrium diagrams and alloys. Solid
state transformations.
Survey of occurrence and extraction of metals. Non crystalline and multiphase solids including polymers. Ceramics and composite
materials, fibre - reinforced materials, dispersion strengthened materials and cermets.

MME 311 - ELECTRO CHEMISTRY A D CORROSIO (3,0)

Basic concept of corrosion and socio-economic implication. Introduction to the
thermodynamics and kinetics of Electro chemical corrosion of metals and alloys.
Corrosion - Theoretical Aspects, Electrolysis. Principles. Faradays laws and their
application. Current Efficiency. Energy efficiency. Ion conductivity, Equivalent and
Molar conductivity. Ionic mobilities and Transport Numbers. Electode potential,
Equilibrium potentials-EMF series. Polarization. Over Voltage / Over Potential.
Activation. Concentration. Ohmic Polarization. Effect of Polarization on Electrode
processes. Corrosion as an irreversible electrode process. Tafels Equation. Tafels
slopes. Effect of Temperature, composition and concentration of the Corrosive
media. Kinetics of electrode processes (briefly). Passivity.
Galvanic cells with solid electrolytes. Oxidation - metal rate laws. Wanger's theory
of parabolic oxidation. Application to oxidation of copper, zinc and sulphidaton or
silver oxidation kinetics - low temperature and high temperature.
Electrode processes. Cathodic. Technical processes. Brief classification. Anodic
Technical process. Corrosion-Electrochemical aspects of Corrosion. Corrosion
Cells/Electrochemical cells. Concentration Cells. Temperature Cells. Determination
of Electrode potential. Thermodynamic aspects-Nernst Equation. Helmholtz
equation. Galvanic series. Displacement equilibrium and its significance in
Corrosion processes. Potential-pH, Fe-H2O diagram. E-I diagrams for prediction of
Corrosion currents. Polarization Resistance Linear Polarization technique for
evaluation of icorr .
Corrosion - Practical Aspects. Importance. Direct and Indirect losses. Types and
Forms of Corrosion. Uniform Corrosion. Pitting Corrosion. Galvanic Corrosion, and
Intergranular Corrosion. Stress Corrosion Cracking. Cavitation Erosion. Erosion
Corrosion. Corrosion Fatigue.
Differential aeration Corrosion. Corrosion Rate expressions. Testing Methods. Effect
of velocity, flow-rate. Concentration, temperature and inhibitors and corrosion rates.
Corrosion rate calculations.

Corrosion prevention. 1) Design aspects 2) Alteration of Environment -inhibitors 3)

Alteration of the Materials-Pure metals-alloys, Non-metallic as structural materials Reinforcement of the material for reducing Corrosion rates. 4) Surface protection.
Electroplating Principles - Throwing power and its evaluation. Commercial plating
of Cu, Ni, Cr, Cd. Zn. Ag. Au. Electrodeposition of alloys plating structure of
electrodeposits and testing of deposits. 5) Anodic oxidation of Aluminium and its
alloys. Commercial anodizing process. Faults in the Anodic coatings and the
remedies. Treatment after anodizing. 6) Cathodic and Anodic Protection.
Treatment of environmental degradation of non-metals (ceramics, concrete, wood,
polymer and silicate glasses). Discussion of current materials degradation problems
in marine environments, the petroleum industry, aviation and automobile industries;
Energy conversion and generating system.
MME 401: CHEMICAL METALLURGY(3,0)
Application of chemical and thermodynamic methods and principles of the treatment
of importance metallurgical processes. Classification of extractive metallurgy
processes. Gas-solid reaction, slag-metal reaction, oxide reduction, segregation,
distribution, vacuum degassing. Examples taken from metallurgy of common metals.
Thermodynamics and kinetics of hydrometallurgical processes; leaching and solvent
extraction.
MME 403: MATERIALS LABORATORY II (1,0)
Composition determination and materials characterization, casting, casting defects,
moulding sand constituents formulation and testing, joining processes welding &
brazing, non destructive evaluation of integrity of weld, - dye penetrant, magnetic
particle inspection, corrosion testing etc.
MME 405: PHYSICAL METALLURGY II(3,0)
Classification of Transformation: Order of transformation, classification by
structural and kinetics features. Generalized approach to a reaction equation. Free
energy consideration and the equilibrium diagram. ucleation: Random, nonrandom, site-saturation, measurement. Growth morphology of particles, lamellar
growth. Partitioning, coalescence, measurement.
Hardening Mechanism & Heat Treatment: precipitation hardening, dispersion
hardening, solid solution, decomposition of solid solutions. Entected transformation.
Decomposition of austenite on continuous cooling and isothermally, hardenability.
Theory of martensitic transformation, microstructure of martensite and tempered
martensites, massive and baintic transformation.
Tempering: Effects of alloying elements in special steels, secondary hardening,
controlled transformation in steels, physical metallurgy of alloy steel. Metallurgy of
maraging steels. Temper brittleness, overheating and burning of steels,
superplasticity.
Carburizing: mathematical treatment of carburizing.
MME 407: MI ERAL PROCESSI G TECH OLOGY (3,0)
Objectives and scopes, classification of minerals liquids and solids. Occurrence and
sources of solid minerals. A survey of Nigerias solid mineral reserves. Quality issues
in solid mineral processing. concept of liberations. Communition (ore preparation),
study of primary and secondary crushing and grinding units (jaw, gyratory, reduction

gyratory and roll crushers). Theory of ball mill operation, treatment of crushing and
grinding laws: e.g. Rittingers Kicks and Bonds law.
Laboratory sizing units: screening, elutriation, sedimentation, representation of size
analysis data, sizing equipment used in industry, elementary concepts of movements
of solid in fluids. Stokes and Newtons laws. Reynolds number free and hindered
settling. Classification and its application in mineral dressing. Some separation
techniques; tabling, jigging, magnetic and electrostatic separation, flotation, surface
tension, surface energy and contact angle. Floatability, frothers, collectors and
modifying agents. Solution chemistry and surface chemistry. Differential flotation,
flotation circuits. Dewatering techniques (sedimentation - filtration drying).
Treatment of sample flow sheets for beneficiation of some industrial minerals e.g. Fe,
Mn, Cr, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ta. Beach sands, gypsum, limestone, clays etc. Review of solid
mineral development in Nigeria. Economics and environmental issues in solid mineral
processing.
MME 409: E TREPRE EURSHIP FOR MATERIALS E GI EERS (2,0)
Technology and Development; productivity and wealth creation. The features of an
entrepreneur. Basic skills of entrepreneurship, generating business ideas and
leadership (management). Business environment and organization for technical
enterprise.
Human resources, ethics in business management and business law, intellectual
property issues. Innovation and appropriate technologies. Technology
commercialization and prototyping. The business plan; contents and importance of
business plans; formats of business plans, packaging business plans. Government
regulations, marketing and marketing strategies: pricing and analyzing market
characteristics. Entrepreneurial finance analysis, element of financial plan (venture
capital). E-business, feasibility studies.
MME 503 DEFORMATIO A D FRACTURE MECHA ICS (3,0)
Fundamentals of materials science and solid mechanics applied to selected subjects in
fracture, major topics include linear-elastic, elastic-plastic, and fully plastic fracture
mechanics, fatigue, creep rupture and creep crack growth and environmentally assited
fracture. Emphasis shall be placed on relating the microscopic (continuum)
characterizations.
MME 504 POWDER METALLURGY, CERAMICS & GLASSES (2,0)
Powder metallurgy preparation, pressing. Sintering and principles. One-phase and
two-phase systems. Applications of powder metallurgy, advantages and limitations,
sintered carbide.
Ceramics, Glass & Wood forming techniques & equipment. Composite
technology principles and types
Economic and environmental aspect of materials processing. e.g. service
requirement, source of information, case instances.
MME 505 TRA SPORT PHE OME A I MATERIALS PROCESSI G
(3,0)
Introduction to momentum, heat and mass transfer with examples from process
metallurgy. Molecular transport properties: viscosity, thermal conductivity and mass

diffusivity. Simple overall mechanical energy balances, elements of laminar flow and
turbulent flow. Steady and unsteady conduction problems, forced and natural
convection, heat transfer coefficient and radiative heat transfer. Definition of binary
diffusivity, definition of binary diffusivity, convection mass transfer and mass transfer
coefficient. Solution techniques will include digital computer methods.
MME 506 MECHA ICS OF METAL FORMI G (2,0)
Mechanics of some forming processes: Open and closed die forging in plane strain:
bar or wire drawing and strip drawing, various techniques of tube making: deep
drawing, rolling metal forming friction.
Lubrication: principle of metal forming friction. Hydrodynamic lubrication:
boundary layer lubrication: extreme pressure, and solid phase lubrication.
MME 507 IRO & STEEL TECH OLOGY (3,0)
Review of global production profile and price variation and economic importance of
ferrous alloys.
Raw materials; occurrence, distribution and classification of iron ores in Nigeria.
Evaluation of raw materials, preparation of iron ores, concentration: agglomeration
techniques. Sintering principles sinter machine and its efficiency. Types of sinter.
Raw materials requirement. Pelletizing, bonding mechanism.
Blast furnace and accessories, description of modern blast furnace. Design of blast
furnace, stoves, gas cleaning systems, charging system. Blast furnace instruments and
Refractories. Distribution of burden in blast furnace.
Physical Chemistry and Chemistry Reaction and Ellignam Diagram. Distribution of
elements in molten metal and slag. Constitution of blast furnace slags, properties and
uses. Blast furnace operations, irregularities and corrections. Modern developments in
blast furnace practice and methods of increasing production. Alternate routes of
production of pig iron; electric process, low shaft furnace, production of sponge iron
by Hyl process. SL/RN Process, midrex process, kiln process; corex, fast melt, etc
uses of sponge iron. Production of wrought iron.
Early steel making processes cementation and crucible processes. Chemistry and
principles of steel making processes. Theories of slag. Oxidation of Si, Mn and C.
Desulphurisation, dephosphorisation and deoxidation. Survey of modern steel making
processes; converter steel making process: LD, LD-AC, Kaldo, Rotor, Q-BOP and
electric furnace steel making their advantages and limitations. Brief EAF process,
construction, lining and operation. Brief outline of manufacture of alloy steel
production of ferrous alloys- Fe- Si, Fe-Mn, Fe-V, Fe-W Quality steel making;
Vacuum degassing of metals. Secondary steel making. Casting process. Pit-side
process and teeming methods. Ingot moulds. Solidification of steel, ingot defect and
remedies. Continuous casting of steels.
MME 508 - O -FERROUS EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY (3,0)
Introduction, review of Non-ferrous Mineral wealth of Nigeria. Primary and
Secondary metal wining: General methods of Extraction: Pyrometallurgy, Roasting,
types of roasting equipment and methods. Smelting, smelting furnaces. Principles of
refining. Use of vacuum. Zone refining, vacuum refining and remelting, electro
beam melting, electro slag refining. Hydrometallurgy, advantages and disadvantages.
Principles of leaching, leaching kinetics and factors affecting leaching.

Electrometallurgy, classification of process, cementation, electro refining, and electro

deposition.
Treatment of Extraction of some Important on-Ferrous Metals:
Aluminum: uses, ores, bayers process of aluminum production. Hall-Heroult
process. Cryoxite and carbon electrode manufacture. Hapes process of refining.
ALCOA processes. New processes.
Copper uses: Pyro-metallurgical processes. New processes. Flashing melting.
WOCRA and Noranda processes. Hydrometallurgy of copper.
Lead: Uses: ore treatment and production of metal.
Zinc: Uses: Pyrometallurgical and Hydro-metallurgical extraction methods. Imperial
smelting.
ickel: Brief description of Ni extraction from surphide ores, treatment of light
structural metals e.g. magnesium. Ores, uses, concentration, smelting and refining.
Uranium: Extraction of uranium, production flow sheet of zuriconium. Titanium,
thorium, plutonium etc.
Production flow sheet for the extraction of gold and silver.
Nuclear reactor technology. Fuel for nuclear reactions. Basic components of a reactor.
Characteristic and requirements. Types of reactors. Environmental and economic
consideration in choice of production methods.
MME 509 E GI EERI G PLASTICITY (2,0)
Yield Criteria: Trescas maximum shear and Von Mises maximum shear-strain
energy Criteria: relationship between tensile yield stress of yielding. Slip-line Field
Theory: Stress evaluation using slip-line field; Hencky equations and determination of
Stress and slip-line at the free boundary surface. Frictionless boundary interface,
Boundary interface with Coulomb friction and boundary interface with fullsticking or
maximum friction. Plan and Hill slip-line field evaluations: Derivation of Geringers
velocity equations. Principles of the upper Bound theorem. Upper bound analysis of
simple upsetting using an admissible parallel velocity upper boundary principle under
plane strain conditions; Application of Upper bound theory to plane strain conditions;
Application of Upper bound theory to plane strain indentation, extrusion and forging.
MME 510 SOLIDIFICATIO A D FOU DRY TECH OLOGY (2,0)
Processes of freezing: Nucleation and growth of solid phase: plannar and dendritic
growth freezing of alloys; constitutional supercooling. Solidification of two-phase
alloy; structure of cast alloy; effect of cast structure on properties; segregation in
ingots. Casting techniques and finishing operations; defects in casting.
MME 511 FUELS, FUR ACES A D REFRACTORIES (3,0)
Types of fuels solids, liquids and gaseous.
Fuel classification and characteristic
Solid fuels classification: theories of formation of coal. Types and
properties of coal. Proximate and ultimate analysis of coal, carburization of
coal (coke and by products). Testing and properties.
Liquid Fuels: classification. Theories of formation of petroleum, petroleum
refining, distillation, synthetic petrol. Bergius process, fisher process and
trospech. Coal tar fuels. Testing and properties.
Gaseous fuels: classification. Production of PG, WG, CWG, LD Gas,
Coke oven and gas and BF gas. Industrial gasification processes. Lurgi,
Winklers, and kopper Totzek processes, properties and testing.

Liquid and gaseous fuel burners. Combustion problem.

Refractories: definition, raw materials, properties, classification and general
description. Manufacturing of Refractories: Manufacture, properties, application and
economy, of alumino-silicate, silica, magnesite, dolomite, chrome-magnesite,
chromite, carbon Refractories, changes during drying and firing, significance of phase
diagrams. Behaviour of Refractories in services, including mechanism of thermal and
other modes of spalling and attack. Properties and casting of Refractories.
Refractory materials made from pure oxides:- Al203, MgO, CaO, BeO, ZnO and
Cermets.
Furnaces: Classification of furnaces and their uses in steady state conduction,
convection and radiation.
Heat utilization in furnaces, available heat, factors affecting available heat. Heat
losses in furnace and furnace efficiency. Heat balance and sankey diagrams.
Principles of waste heat recovery. Recuperators and regenerators.
Types and applicability. Protective atmosphere and their applications. Treatment of
some basic furnaces.
MME 512 POLYMERIC MATERIALS (2,0)
Chemistry polymerization process condensation polymerization, addition
polymerization. Epoxide Co-polymerization (fibre glass, carbon, fibres materials)
synthetic rubbers. Styrenebutadine rubber. Thermoplastics and thermosetting plastic
technology polymerization systems. Molecular weight and melt flow index mould
techniques including seam mould for expanded polystyrene, compression
moulding. Injection mould, extrusion moulding, calendaring, solid state forming.
Solidification:
i)
Melt-Chain configuration and flow processes on cooling.
ii)
The glass transition (amorphous polymers). The temperature/time
superposition principles and the WLF equation.
iii)
Rubber and rubber requirements for crystallization X-ray evidence and
unit cell. Theory of spherulite growth.
Mechanical properties
Visco elasticity. Stress strain curves. Stiffness, creep environmental stress
cracking of polymers. Modern plastic epoxy resins etc.
MME 513 PROCESS A D PLA T DESIG (2,0)
Metallurgical process synthesis (process sequence and layout), plant design,
principles of plant design, process equipment design and specifications, economic
analysis of alternative processes, computer aided process design and simulation,
application of optimization principles to specific metallurgical engineering problems,
design case studies application of scientific and engineering knowledge to practical
design problems, safety aspects of plant design. Environment issues in process and
plant design.
MME 514/SSG 502 E GI EERI G SYSTEMS A ALYSIS (2,0)
Introduction to major concepts and techniques of systems analysis as an approach to
engineering problem solving. Calculus of various maximum principle, dynamic
programming. Optimization and optimum seeking methods. Project analysis of
metallurgical processing systems. Methods of estimating process costs and

profitability. Regression analysis and statistical testing. Application to real problems

in planning and design of metallurgical systems shall be stressed throughout.
MME 515 I DUSTRIAL & E TREPRE EURIAL SEMI AR (1,0)
Case studies, review of business plans. Appraisal of existing business concerns (SME
& blue chip companies). Presentation on current industrial practice in the
Metallurgical & Materials industries. Entrepreneurial opportunities in metal based
Industries in Nigeria Foundry, metal fabrication, metal finishing, solid minerals,
materials recycling, corrosion, merchandise etc.
MME 516 FAILURE A ALYSIS A D MATERIAL SELECTIO (2,0)
Introduction to concept of failure in materials, common causes of failures
Design errors, improper material, improper heat treatments,
manufacturing defects, inadequate quality assurance, inadequate
environmental protection/control, assembly errors, misuse or abuse.
Failure mechanisms fatigue, creep and stress rupture, corrosion/stress
corrosion cracking, ductile and brittle fractures, hydrogen embrittlement,
liquid metal embrittlement.
Basic sequence in failure analysis: forensic metallurgy, failure analysis
methods destructive evaluation and non destructive evaluation.
Litigation arising from failure of plants/process.
Selection of materials for engineering systems based on constitutive
functional requirements and materials property. The role and implication
of processing in material selection.
Case studies.
MME 521 A D 522 PROJECT (6)
Individual final year projects to be supervised by members of the academic staff.