# Course Title : Basic Material Sciences Weightage

1 Course Objectives: The aim of the present course is to acquaint the students with various
methods of material fabrications, their characterization and applications.

2 Prerequisites: Graduate level chemistry and thermal physics

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3 Student Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to demonstrate the knowledge of CD-01a’
modern materials, their synthesis and characterization techniques alongwith technical L T P/ SW/F TOTAL
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Course Contents / Syllabus: UNITS Course
4 Module I Introduction to materials 25
3 3 Title:
Basic
Classification of technical materials, Non crystalline solids, Metals and alloys, Single
crystals, Poly crystalline materials, Ceramics and Glasses. Liquid crystals and quasi Material Sciences
crystals. Polymers and composites: Structure and characteristics. Thick and thin films of
materials, Nanomaterials: nano clusters, nano particles and nano tubes. Course Code: to be decided later
5 Module II Synthesis techniques 25 Credit Units: 3
Level: Undergraduate
Phase diagram, Gibbs phase Rule, Two component system, Nucleation, Grain Growth,
crystal growth techniques, Czochralski technique, Solid state reaction, Ceramic Forming
processes, Glass forming methods, Thick film processing, Thin film synthesis techniques

6 Module III Characterization techniques 25 Please give your valuable feedback ratings (on the
Microstructure: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic force microscopy (AFM) scale of 6 points) for following course curriculum
Structural analysis: Powder X-ray diffractometery (XRD), Dilatometry technique for with respect to relevance to Industry / Profession:
thermal expansion, Photoluminescence spectroscopy, Impedance measurement
techniques, measurement of dielectric constant and loss.
7 Module IV Properties and applications of materials 25
Stress – strain behaviour, Elastic, anelastic and viscoeleastic behaviour, Heat capacity,
density and thermal expansion of crystals and glasses, thermal conductivity, Band theory
of solids, Indirect and direct band gap semiconductors, dc and ac electrical conductivities,
electrical polarization mechanisms, complex impedance, admittance and dielectric
constant, Dia, para and ferromagnetic materials, hard and soft magnetic materials.
Refraction and absorption of light in materials, complex refractive index. Applications of Text:
engineering materials.
1. Material Science and Engineering: An
8 Pedagogy for Course Delivery: Marker-Board introduction, W D Callister Jr, Wiley India, 2010.
2. Materials Science, M S Vijaya and G Rangrajan,
Tata McGrawhill, 2011.
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 3. Physics of Semiconductor Devices, S M Sze, Wiley (2007).
4. Ceramic Materials for Electronics, R C Buchanan (Ed), Marcel Dekker Inc, (1991).
5. Nano: The Essentials, T Pradeep, Tata McGraw Hill, (2007).
6. Thin Film Phenomena, K L Chopra, Mc Graw Hill (1969).

Remarks and Suggestions:

Suggested Book: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING :A FIRST COURSE, V. Raghavan, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Dr. O.P. Thakur, Scientist ‘F’, Solid state Physics Laboratory, DRDO, Delhi
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Date: 30th May, 2014 Name, Designation, Organisation