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History
The Physical Metallurgy Laboratory (PML) of the Mechanical Engineering Department of School of Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) was established in 1974 offering high quality education and research in undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Laboratory Director:
Michailidis Nikolaos
Teaching and Research Personnel:
Stergioudi Fani
Special Laboratory Teaching Staff:
Mauropoulos Azarias
Ossanlis Ioannis
Special Technical Laboratory Staff:
Sismanidis Ioannis
Private law open-ended contract staff:
Ntasios Athanasios
Emeriti Professor:
Skolianos Stefanos
Phd candidates:- Arvanitidis Apostolos, Mechanical Engineer TE, MSc
- Baxevani Aikaterini, Dipl. Mechanical Engineer, MSc
- Dimitriou Evgenia, Dipl. Chemical Engineer
- Gallios Nikolaos, Dipl. Civil Engineer
- Kouparanis Stefanos, Dipl. Mechanical Engineer, MSc
- Mpoufina Anna, Chemist, MSc
- Pantazopoulos Marios, Dipl. Mechanical Engineer
- Prospathopoulos Alexandros, Dipl. Mechanical Engineer, MSc
- Smyrnaios Emmanouil, Dipl. Mechanical Engineer
- Tolmaidis Savvas, Dipl. Chemical Engineer, MSc
- Tsirlis Michail, Dipl. Mechanical Engineer, MSc
- Vlachou Afrodite, Chemist, MSc
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PML offers high quality education in graduate level, preparing the students in the following courses: Winter Semester Cources Spring Semester Courses
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PML is a founding member of the Interdepartamental MSc Program on "Processes and Technology of Advanced Materials", which supports the following areas:
- Properties of Materials
- Methods of Study and Characterization of Materials
- Processes for Production of Materials
- Surface Engineering
- Mechanical Properties and Strength of Materials
- Composite Metal-Based Materials
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PML is active in R&D programmes funded by the EU, National bodies, as well as directly from the industry. PML offers services in the following fields:
- Metallographic and micro-strustural studies
- Corrosion and Corrosion Protection studies
- Heat treatments and Surface Engineering
- Characterization of mechanical properties and modelling
- Alloy development and casting of materials
- Materials failure and Materials Selection
- Life Cycle Assessment for processes, Products and Services
Corrosion CentrePurpose The Corrosion Center supports research and educational activities, verifies and certifies the corrosion properties of materials and regulates the safety levels of novel commercial materials. It addresses Industries, Education Institutions, Research Institutes etc. Services The Corrosion Center investigates the behavior of materials of interest under the following tests:- Exfoliation Corrosion
- Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Pitting Corrosion
- Intergranular Corrosion
- Filiform Corrosion
- Galvanic Corrosion
- Neutral Salt-Spray Corrosion
- Corrosion Fatigue
- Simulation of the environmental conditions which the application of the material of interest entails.
- Interlaboratory testing.
- Control of the repeatability and reproducibility of the results.
- Use of calibrated equipment.
- Pure Metals
- Coated Metals
- Aluminum Alloys (2xxx, 5xxx, 7xxx)
- Steels
- Composite Materials of Metal Matrix (MMC)
Nikolaos Michailidis, Professor Dr. – Eng.Physical Metallurgy LaboratoryDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringEngineering School, Building D, 9th FloorAristotle University of Thessaloniki (BOX: 490)54124, ThessalonikiGreeceTel.: 2310 995891E-mail: nmichail@meng.auth.gr
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The equipment of PML applied for the research activities is summarized below: Solidification equipment, Melting furnaces, Heat treatment furnaces (controlled atmosphere), High temperature furnace, Directional solidification set-up, Welding machines – SMAW, GTAW (TIG), GMAW (MIG), Fluidized bed (CVD Reactors), Surface Impact tester, Corrosion equipment (Electrochemical corrosion, Atmospheric Salt Spray Corrosion, Erosion – Corrosion, High Temperature Oxidation, Hot Corrosion Testing, Stress corrosion cracking, Humidity chamber, Cyclic oxidation etc), Metallographic laboratory, Optical Microscopy- Image Analysis Software, SEM (Low Vacuum Mode) with in situ mechanical microtest, Wear equipment (Pin on Disc – High Temperature Erosion), Mechanical alloying, Blasting unit.
LABORATORY EQUIPMENTS
Samples Preparation
Casting & Heat Treatment
Coatings Production & Welding
Corrosion
Measuring & Characterisation
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