Basics of Material Science Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Nano Technology third sem complete syllabus covered here. This will help you understand complete curriculum along with details such as exam marks and duration. The details are as follows.
| Subject Code | 15NT32 | IA Marks | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Lecture Hours/Week | 04 | Exam Marks | 80 |
| Total Number of Lecture Hours | 50 | Exam Hours | 3 |
Course objectives: This course will enable students
- In this course, students will get basics of engineering materials and their properties. Also this course will create awareness among the students about the importance of material science in the field of nano science and technology.
| MODULES | TEACHING HOURS | REVISED BLOOM’S TAXONOMY (RBT) LEVEL |
|---|---|---|
| Module -1 | _ | |
| Introduction to Material Science Fundamentals of materials science; Structure: Introduction to microstructure, and nanostructure; Introduction, importance and examples for nanomaterials, biomaterials, electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, ceramic and glass materials, composite materials, polymeric materials, metals and alloys; Introduction and applications of modern engineering materials: shape memory materials, chromic materials (thermo, photo, and electro chromic), rheological fluids, metallic glasses, advanced ceramics; Introduction and applications of Ferroelectricity and ferroelectric materials, Piezoelectricity and piezoelectric materials, pyro-electric materials. | 10 Hours | L1,L2 |
| Module -2 | _ | |
| Electrical Properties of Materials Introduction; | 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3 |
| Module -3 | _ | |
| Optical Properties of Materials Absorbance and Transmittance: Introduction and measurement of absorbance by absorbance spectroscopy; Index of refraction and Abbe’s refractometer; Birefringence and birefrigent materials; Photosensitivity, Photoconductivity, and Photoresistivity; Reflectance and reflectivity, Scattering (Rayleigh, Mie, and geometric) and their applications; Luminescence: types and applications; Fluorescence and its applications; Photonic Materials: principle, and device construction; Liquid crystals and liquid crystal display: molecular orientations, sensitivity to electric field, LCD construction, operation; Photoconducting materials: photoconductive device, construction, materials used, and applications; Photodetectors: characteristics, charged coupled device; Photonic crystals: classification and applications. | 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3 |
| Module -4 | _ | |
| Thermal and Magnetic Properties Thermal Properties: Introduction; Heat capacity: specific, molar, and volume heat capacity, factors affecting specific heat capacity; Thermal expansion: factors affecting thermal expansion, coefficient of thermal expansion, importance, and applications of thermal expansion property (bimetal, and mercury-in-glass thermometer); Thermal conductivity: Fourier’s law, thermal conductance, resistance, transmittance, and admittance, factors affecting thermal conductance. Magnetic Properties: Magnetic materials, angular momentum; definitions of magnetic dipole, dipole moment, flux, flux density, field strength, magnetization, susceptibility, permeability, relative permeability, Bohr Magneon; Classification of magnetic materials: diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and ferrimagnetic materials; Hard and soft magnetic materials: comparison, properties and applications; Introduction and applications of Garnets, Magnetoplumbites, Magnetic bubbles, and Magnetic thin films; Spintronics and devices: OMR, GMR, TMR, CMR, advantages, and applications. | 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3 |
| Module -5 | _ | |
| Defects and Imperfections & Mechanical Properties of Materials Defects and Imperfections: Point defects: vacancies, interstitialcy, Schottky defect, Frankel defect, and impurity defects; Line defects: edge dislocation, screw dislocation, Burger’s vector, cross slip of a screw dislocation, climb of an edge dislocation; Surface imperfections: grain boundary, tilt boundary, twin boundary. Mechanical Property of Materials: Mechanism of elastic action; UTM: Components; Tensile strength, and compression strength: Introduction, concept, testing procedure; Engineering stress and strain, true stress and strain, linear and non-linear elastic properties; Relationship between engineering strain and true strain, engineering stress and true stress; Hardness: Brinell, and Rockwell hardness tests; Fracture: ductile and brittle fracture; Fatigue: mechanism of fatigue; Creep: various stages of creep; Impact strength: Izod and Charpy impact strength tests. | 10 Hours | L1, L2, L3, L4 |
Course outcome: On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate fundamentals of material science;
- Illustrate electrical and optical properties of materials;
- Explain thermal and magnetic properties of materials;
- Analyze mechanical properties of materials;
- Apply materials for nano-sclae applications
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge.
- Problem Analysis.
- Design / development of solutions (partly).
- Interpretation of data.
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full Question consisting of 16 marks
- There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- D. John Thiruvadigal, S. Ponnusamy, C. Preferencial Kala, M. Krishna Mohan, “Material Science” Vibrant Publications, 2014
- Callister’s “Materials Science and Engineering” Adapted by R, Balasubramaniam, Wiley India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2011
- Dr. M. K. Muralidhara, “Material Science and Metallurgy”, Subhas Stores, 2011
Reference Books:
- Donald Askeland, PradeepFulay, Wendelin Wright, The Science & Engineering of Materials, 6th Ed., Cengage Learning, 2011
- Raghavan V. “Materials Science & Engineering – A First Course”, 5th edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2005
- Thiruvadigal, J. D., Ponnusamy, S. and Vasuhi.P. S., “Materials Science”, 5th edition, Vibrant Publications, Chennai, 2007
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Nano Technology Group.
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