Course Description

Physics 208 Introduction to Materials Science

Crystal structure and interatomic forces, material preparation and growth, quantum properties, statistical properties, X-Ray, neutron and electron diffraction, thermal properties; specific heat, thermal conductivity, electrical properties; free electron model and energy Bands, Magnetism and Magnetic Resonance, Superconductivity, Semiconductors, Optical Properties, Defects in Solids.

Prerequisites: Physics 020 or 022 or 024 or 25 or 26; Chemistry 020 or 023; (Calculus 050a/b and (051a/b or 081b)) or Applied Mathematics 026.

Corequisites: (Calculus 250a/b and 251a/b) or (Calculus 280a/b and 281a/b) or (Applied Mathematics 290a and 291b) or (the former Applied Mathematics 281a and 282b) or (the former Mathematics 204a and 205b).

3 lecture hours.

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