Introduction : Classification of materials; Structure-property Relations; Metals & Alloys, Ceramics, Polymers, Composites and
Semiconductors. Atomic Structure & Interatomic Bonding ; Fundamentals of Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding; Atomic
Bonding in Solids.
Phase Diagrams : Phase Rules; Single component and Binary Phase diagrams; The Level Rule; Hume-Rothery rules of alloying.
Diffusion in solids : Fick’s Laws of Diffusion; The Atomic Model of Diffusion
Phase Transformations: Nucleation and Growth , Recovery, Re crystallization and Grain Growth.
Environmental Degradation of materials : Oxidation and Corrosion; Thermal and Photo Degradation ; Chemical Degradation ;
Radiation Damage.
Structure of solids : Crystalline and Non-crystalline states; Crystallographic directions and phases; Determination of crystal
structures.
Defects and imperfections in solids : Point, Line and Planer defects; Interfacial defects and volume defects; impurities in solids.
Elastic, Plastic and Viscoelastic Behaviour of materials: Stress-strain relationship; relaxation and creep; strengthening mechanism
and fracture.
Thermal properties of materials : Heat capacity; Thermal expansion and thermal conductivity
Electrical properties : Electronic and Ionic conduction; Energy Band structures in solids ; Electron Mobility ; Temperature variation
of conductivity.
Dielectric behaviour : Capacitance ; Types of polarization ; Frequency dependence of dielectric constant; Ferroelectricity and
Piezoelectricity in materials.
Magnetic properties : Diamagnetic; Ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic and Ferrimagnetic behaviour of materials; soft and hard
magnetic materials; superconductivity.
Optimal properties : Light interaction with solids; Absorption, Transmission and Reflection; Luminescence; Photoconductivity ;
Lasers.
Materials selection: Material properties and Engineering Design parameters; General effects of processing on parameters; selection
of structural; Electronic and Magnetic Materials – case studies.