About Engineering Materials
The course will covers Physical, mechanical, electrical and chemical properties of metals, semiconductors, ceramics, polymers and composites, with an emphasis on understanding fundamental issues. Relationships between the processing, micro and macro structure of materials with their properties. At the end the students have the above knowledge. Introduction, Atomic Structure and Inter-atomic Bonding, Structures of Metals and Ceramics, Polymer structures, Imperfections in Solids, Diffusion, Mechanical Properties,ď€ mechanism of deformations in crystalline materials, Deformation and Strengthening Mechanisms, Failure, Phase Diagram, Phase Transformations, Corrosion and Degradation, Electrical Properties of Materials, Thermal Properties, Magnetic Properties, Optical Properties,selection of engineering materials