ram seshadri: 2013 100A

Fall 2013: MATRL 100A: Structure and Properties I

Course text (required):

Callister and Rethwisch, 8th edn: Please note that earlier editions will not work as well because of issues with problem and chapter numbering.

In this quarter (Materials 100A), we cover chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 14 (briefly), 18, 19 (briefly), 20, and 21.

Course outline: PDF

Girvetz 2128, M & W, 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm.

Grading:

35% for an in-class (1 h) midterm, 50% for an in-class (3 h) final, and 15% for assignments (all assignments are due in class, and must be hardcopies — email submissions are not accepted.).

Ram's office hours:

TAs:

Leo Lamontagne and Anthony Rice

Leo's TA discussion section and office hours:

Anthony's TA discussion section office hours:

Resources:

Look at this wikipedia page, for the Janet periodic table which, from the electronic configuration viewpoint, is more sensible than the usual Mendeleev/Moseley periodic table: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_periodic_tables

A mnemonic for filling electrons in atoms (the aufbau principle): PDF

This periodic table from NIST has all the electronic configurations: PDF

http://www.webelements.com/physics.html is a great resource for the physical properties of elements.

http://www.doitpoms.ac.uk is a wonderful resource for learning the fundamentals of Materials Science, hosted at the University of Cambridge.

Have you ever seen an atom? Also, here is the the associated publication from the Miao group (UCLA) in Nature.

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