This note covers the following
topics: Applications of Functional Materials, Importance of Material Sciences,
Principals to Classify and Order, Correlations Correlations, Phases and
Crystals, Phenomenological Properties of Functional Materials , Mechanical
Properties, Thermal Properties, Electrical and Dielectrical Properties,
Magnetic Properties , Optical Properties, Catalytic Properties, Functional
Materials and their Applications, Ceramic Materials, Glasses and Glass
Ceramics.
This lecture note deals with
the important areas that explain the interplay of materials, structure, and
properties as tackled by the engineers. Metallurgy to crystal physics and
Neumann's symmetry principle also have been dealt with. Equilibrium
thermodynamics, neutron diffraction, and spectroscopy discussed alongside
the major classes of materials and emerging nanostructured materials have
also been dealt in this note. Since the material emphasizes practical
applications, it is presented within the framework of advanced concepts like
Moore's law and its implications for materials engineering. The note will
prove useful to both engineering students and practicing engineers, and it
discusses the scientific method as applied to questions of material
selection and performance.
Lecture note on earth material:
Fundamentals of earth materials, strategic minerals, metals, and their
geochemical importance and significance Earth materials-Atoms and elements,
elements and their formation in the universe, cosmochemistry Chemical bonds
that characterize Earth materials with symmetry, lattices, point groups, and
space groups. It further discusses metamorphic petrology, which is rich in
dealing with the processes and transformations that occur in Earth's crust.
The resource is also important to students of geology, mineralogy, and other
related courses for it provides an overview of the material composition and
structure of the Earth.