PYL303
| pYL303 | |
|---|---|
| Materials Science and Engineering | |
| Credits | 3 |
| Structure | 3-0-0 |
| Pre-requisites | PYL125 |
| Overlaps | |
pYL303 : Materials Science and Engineering
[edit]Elementary materials science concepts, thermally activated processes, diffusion in solids, phase diagram of pure substances, Gibbs phase rule, binary isomorphous systems, the Lever rule, zone refining, homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation, martensitic transformation & spinodal decomposition, Temperature dependence of resistivity,Matthiessen's rule, TCR, Nordheim's rule, mixture rules and electrical switches, high frequency resistance of a conductor, thin metal films and integrated circuit inter-connections, thermoelectricity, seebeck, Thomson and Peltier effects, thermoelectric heating and refrigeration, thermoelectric generators, the figure of merit, Bonding characteristics and elastic modulii, anelasticity, thermoelasticity, anelasticity energy losses, viscoelastic deformation, displacement models, Corrosion and Degradation of Materials: Electrochemical considerations, corrosion rates and their prediction, passivity environmental effects, forms of corrosiion, corrosion environments, corrosion prevention, oxidation, protective and non-protective oxides, PB ratio, mechanisms of oxide growth, Materials Selection and Design Considerations.