Physics of Materials Detailed Syllabus for B.Tech second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Physics of Materials B.Tech 2016-2017 (R13) secondsem is as follows
UNIT I : PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF MATERIALS [9 Hours]
Phases – Phase rule – binary systems – tie line rule – lever rule – phase diagram – invariant reactions – diffusion Fick’s law – Nucleation – homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation – Free energy of formation of a critical nucleus – crystal growth – Czochralski, Bridgman, Solution methods – Thin films – preparation: PVD method – Sol-gel method – heat treatment and hardening processes..
UNIT II : PROPERTIES OF CONDUCTING AND SUPER CONDUCTING
MATERIALS [9 Hours]
Classical free electron theory of metals –Fermi function – Schrödinger wave equation – Time independent and time dependent equations. Physical significance of wave function, particle in a box ( in one dimension ) – electrons in a metal – Density of energy states – effect of temperature on Fermi energy – carrier concentration in metals – Superconducting Phenomena, Properties of superconductors – Meissner effect and Isotope effect. Type I and Type II superconductors, High Tc superconductors – Magnetic levitation and SQUIDS.
UNIT III : ELECTRONIC MATERIALS [9 Hours]
Elemental and compound semiconductors – Origin of band gap in solids (qualitative) – Concept of effective mass of electron and hole – carrier concentration in an intrinsic semiconductor (derivation) – Fermi level – Variation of Fermi level with temperature – electrical conductivity – band gap determination – carrier concentration in n-type and p-type semiconductors (derivation) – variation of Fermi level with temperature and impurity concentration – Compound semiconductors – Hall effect – Determination of Hall coefficient – LED and Solar cells.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES
- Raghavan. V. Materials Science and Engineering, Prentice Hall of India, 2002.
- Kumar.J, Moorthy Babu. S and Vasudevan. S., Engineering Physics, Vijay Nicole
Imprints, 2006 - Palanisamy.. P.K., Materials Science, Scitech., 2003.
- Calister, W.D., Materials Science and Engineering an Introduction, John Wiley, 2003.
- Raghavan, V., Physical Metallurgy, Prentice Hall of India, 2002
For all other B.Tech BT 2nd sem syllabus go to Anna University B.Tech Information Technology (BT) 2nd Sem Course Structure for (R13) Batch.All details and yearly new syllabus will be updated here time to time. Subscribe, like us on facebook and follow us on google plus for all updates.
Do share with friends and in case of questions please feel free drop a comment.