Materials Science 3010 & 5010 - Bonding, Structure, and Crystallography
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Lecture |
For the .doc version of the syllabus click here.
INSTRUCTOR
Thomas Scharf
Office Hrs: Wednesday 2 PM - 4 PM
Office Phone: 940-891-6837
Email: scharf[at]unt.edu
TA
Sandeep Manandhar
Office: Room E-142, Open Door Policy
Office Phone: 940-565-2831
CLASS TIME & LOCATION
See the current class schedule for class time and location
COURSE DESCRIPTION
During this course we will discuss how elements can be combined to produce non-crystalline and crystalline solids with specified properties in order to understand the links between chemical bonding, crystal structures and physical properties. We will also specify the defect structure, the microstructure, and the mesoscale structure of materials, such as metals, ceramics and polymers.
TEXT
The Structure of Materials - An Introduction to Crystallography, Diffraction & Symmetry
By Marc De Graef and Michael McHenry
ISBN# 0-521-65151-4 Cambridge University Press
http://som.web.cmu.edu/frames.html
Supplementary Textbook
Structure and Bonding in Crystalline Materials
By Gregory S. Rohrer
ISBN# 0-521-66379-2 Cambridge University Press
The Instructor will supply additional handouts and references
GRADING
Homework
Four homework sets will be assigned and graded. The purpose of the homework is to aid
in learning the material. To this end, some collaboration among students in preparing the
homework is acceptable. However, in the main, the work should be primarily yours.
Because of this tight timeline, late homework will not be accepted.
Exams
There will be three examinations: two tests and a comprehensive final. There will be some separate questions for Undergraduates and Graduates.
Grading
Homework is 20%, Tests 1&2 are 25% each, Final is 30%
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Class Topics |
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Date |
Topic |
Homework |
Sept 1 |
Introduction and Review of Simple Bonding Models |
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Sept 3 |
No Class |
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Sept 8 |
No Class |
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Sept 10 |
Periodic Trends & Bonding Force/Energy |
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Sept 15 |
Lennard-Jones Model |
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Sept 17 |
Lennard-Jones Model (cond.) & Born-Mayer-Huggins Model |
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Sept 22 |
Crystal Lattice and Unit Cells |
Hwk 1 out |
Sept 24 |
Metallic Crystal Structures |
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Sept 29 |
Ceramic Bonding and Crystal Structures |
Hwk 1 in |
Oct 1 |
Introduction to Crystallography |
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Oct 6 |
Bravais Lattices and Miller Indices |
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Oct 8 |
Primitive and Basis Vectors in Crystal Structures |
Hwk 2 out |
Oct 13 |
Basic Symmetry Operations |
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Oct 15 |
Basic Symmetry Operations (cond.) |
Hwk 2 in |
Oct 20 |
Test #1 |
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Oct 22 |
Point Groups |
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Oct 27 |
Point Groups (cond.) & Space Groups |
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Oct 29 |
Space Groups (cond.) |
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Nov 3 |
Structure of Non-crystalline (amorphous) Solids |
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Nov 5 |
Structure and Crystallinity of Polymers |
Hwk 3 out |
Nov 10 |
Relationships between planes and directions |
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Nov 12 |
Stereographic Projection and Texture/Anisotropy |
Hwk 3 in |
Nov 17 |
Introduction to X-ray Diffraction (XRD) |
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Nov 19 |
Indexing Crystal Systems |
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Nov 24 |
Structure Factors |
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Nov 26 |
Test #2 |
Hwk 4 out |
Dec 1 |
XRD Intensity Calculations |
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Dec 3 |
No class – Thanksgiving |
Hwk 4 in |
Dec 8 |
Texture Determination and Pole Figures |
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Dec 10 |
Microstructural Case Studies |
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Dec 15 |
Final Exam TBA |
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