ram seshadri: Fall 2018: Materials 100A: Structure and Properties I
Time and Place: M W 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm, GIRV 2129
Discussion Sections: F 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm (HSSB 1224) and 3:00 pm to 3:50 pm (HSSB 1206)
TAs: Kira Wyckoff (kwyckoff-at-ucsb) and Rebecca Vincent (rvincent-at-ucsb)
Office hours: After class or by appointment.
Resources:
Textbook: Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 10th Edition by William D. Callister, Jr., David G. Rethwisch. This book also serves Materials 100B and Materials 100C.
For 100A, we cover Chapters 1: Introduction, 2: Atomic Structure and Bonding, 3: The Structure of Crystalline Solids, 4: Imperfections in Solids, 12: Structures of Ceramics, 14: Polymer Structures, 18: Electrical Properties, 19: Thermal Properties, 20: Magnetic Properties, and 21: Optical Properties.
Note that this is the same chapter order as in the 9th Edition of this book.
Grading scheme: 20 % for assignments, 30 % for the midterm (in-class) and 50 % for the finals.
Office hours: After class or by appointment.
Resources:
Printable (PDF) periodic table from NIST with electronic configurations. Please bring this to class.
PDF of some simple rules for orbital filling.
Wolfram Alpha widget to sketch (hkl planes:
Cambridge University site with a flash animation of the Bragg Law
Visualizing all the atoms in a Pt nanoparticle: VIDEO on YouTube. This is the research of Professor Jianwei Miao at UCLA
Class schedule:
| Date | topic, files etc |
|---|---|
| M 10/1 | A quick introduction + Chapter 2 |
| M 10/3 | Complete chapter 2 + Assignment 1 (due 10/10 in class) |
| M 10/8 | Chapter 3: Cubic cells (SC, BCC, FCC), HCP (and CCP) Polymorphism, Crystal Systems |
| W 10/10 | Chapter 3 (contd.): The different crystal systems. Coordinates of points, lines, planes (hkl indices) + Assignment 2 (due 10/17 in class) |
| M 10/15 | Chapter 3 (finishing): Crystals versus polycrystalline materials, the Bragg law, and the relation between dhkl and the a, b, c parameters for an orthorhombic cell, amorphous materials. |
| W 10/17 | Chapter 3 (finished.) (hkl) conditions for SC, BCC, and FCC. Chapter 4: Vacancies, alloys + Assignment 3 (due 10/24 in class) |
| M 10/22 | Chapter 4: Interstitials and line and planar defects |
| W 10/24 | Chapter 4 finish planar defects and lab tour + Assignment 4 (due 10/31 in class) |
| Solutions to Assignment 1 + Solutions to Assignment 2 + Solutions to Assignment 3 | |
| M 10/29 | Chapter 12: Ceramic structures |
| W 10/31 | Chapter 12: Ceramic structures (contd.) |
| M 11/5 | In-class Midterm. Here is a Study Guide |
| W 11/7 | Chapter 14, Polymers (except diffusion in polymers) + Assignment 5 (due 11/14 in class) |
| W 11/14 | Chapter 14, Polymers completed, and Chapter 19, Thermal Properties by Dr. Joya Cooley. Assignment 6 (due 11/21 in class) |
| M 11/19 | Chapter 19, Thermal Properties completed, and Chapter 18, Electrical Properties. |
| M 11/26 | Chapter 18, Electrical Properties (taught by Joshua Bocarsly). |
| W 11/28 | Chapter 18, Electrical Properties concluded (taught by Joshua Bocarsly) + Assignment 7 (due 12/5 in class) |
| Solutions to Assignment 4 + Solutions to Assignment 5 + Solutions to Assignment 6 | |
| M 12/3 | Chapter 21, Optical Properties (introduction, not for exam) |
| W 12/5 | Review of final exam syllabus |
| Solutions to Assignment 7 | |
| F 12/14 | In-class Final. Here is a Study Guide |