Syllabus
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Course Code: EP-1001 Course Name: Materials Science Engineering |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES Introduction, Structure of Ceramics, Production of ceramics other than glass and cement: Raw materials, forming process, post forming process; production of glass: melting of glass, glass forming and annealing; mechanical properties of ceramics; wear and erosion resistance; thermal shock; A commercial ceramic system: silica-alumina system; Technical ceramics: Zirconia and sialons; Cement and concrete; Composites; Mechanical properties of Continuous fiber composites: strength, Young’s modulus; Mechanical properties of Discontinuous fiber composites; anisotropy; toughness; comparison of polymer, metal and ceramic matrix composites; some commercial composites: carbon-carbon and zirconia-toughened alumina, alumina reinforced aluminum alloys, polymer matrix composites. |
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| 2 | Polymeric material Introduction, molecular structure: Monomers and polymers, molecular weight, branching, tacticity and copolymers; Mechanics of flexible polymer chains: chain conformations, entanglements; Thermoplastic melts: viscosity, processing of thermoplastics; Amorphous polymers: The rubbery state, glass transition, time dependence; Crystallinity and orientation: Lamellae and spherulites, orientation; Thermosets and elastomers: thermosets, elastomers, thermoplastic elastomers; Mechanical properties: Stress-strain behaviour, crep recovery and stress relaxation, time-temperature correspondence, viscoelastic models, crack and craze growth, impact and fatigue; Physical and chemical properties: optical properties, electrical conductivity, density, diffusion, absorption and corrosion, degradation, oxidation and ageing; Speciality polymers: High –performance polymers, Liquid crystal polymers and functional polymers. |
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| 3 | Nanomaterials; Introduction to Nanomaterials, Advances in Nanomaterials, Classification of Nanomaterials ; Zero, one , two and three dimensional nanostructures. Different methods of preparation of Nanomaterials, Top down and Bottom up: Mechanical grinding, Wet Chemical Synthesis of Nanomaterials; Sol-gel process, Properties of Nanomaterials: Optical properties, Electrical properties, Mechanical properties, Magnetic properties, Selected Application of Nanomaterials, Disadvantages of Nanomaterials. |
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| 4 | Magnetic Materials Classification of magnetism - Concept of magnetic domain structure - Soft magnetic materials: iron and iron based materials, permalloys, Ni_Zn and Mn_Zn ferrites - Microwave ferrites and garnets - Amorphous magnets (metglasses) - Hard magnetic materials: High carbon steel, AINiCo alloys - Structure and magnetic properties of Barium ferrites, Sm-co and Nd2Fe4B magnets - Rare earth element magnets - Effects of 3d transition elements – Applications of hard Vs Soft magnets. |
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