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Disorder in Solids: Solid solution –Hume-Rothery rules; substitutional & interstitial solid
solution, Point defect, vacancy, interstitial Frenkel & Schottky defects. Line defect edge and
screw dislocation, Burger‘s vector, planer defects (grain boundaries, high and low angle tilt
boundaries twin boundaries). short range order, medium range order, long range order, and
network modifier/former.

UNIT 2 (10 Hours)
Phase Diagrams and Phase Transformation: Definitions and Basic concepts: solubility limit,
phase, microstructure, phase equilibria, one component
phase diagrams, Binary phase diagrams: binary isomorphous systems, interpretation of phase
diagrams, development of microstructure in isomorphous alloys and their mechanical properties,
binary eutectic systems and development of microstructure in eutectic alloys, equilibrium
diagrams having intermediate phases, eutectoid and peritectic reactions, congruent phase
transformations, ceramic and ternary phase diagram, the Gibbs phase rule, Phase transformations:
basic concepts, the kinetics of phase transformations, metastable versus equilibrium states,
isothermal and continuous cooling transformation diagrams and tempered martensite

UNIT 3 (20 Hours)
Materials Characterization Techniques: Principles of X-ray Photometery Spectroscope (XPS) and
Anger electron Spectroscopy (AES) , Instrumentation, Routine limits of XPS, Applications of
XPS & AES. Scanning Tunneling Microscopy ( STM): Working principle, Instrumentation,
Modes of operation Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM): Introduction, Working Principle
Instrumentation Modes of operation Difference between STM and AFM
X-ray Characteristics and Generation, lattice planes and Braggs law, Powder diffraction,
Transmission Electron Microscopy ( TEM) : Basic of TEM, Reciprocal Lattice, Specimen
Preparation Bright Field and Dark Field Images Electron energy Loss Spectroscopy. Scanning
Electron Microscopy: Introduction,: Inferred (IR) spectroscopy, Ultraviolet (UV) and visible
spectroscopy. Mössbauer Spectroscopy Basic theory, experimental set up and Mössbauer
parameters. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).
Devices: Application to material Devices; Solid state electrochemical devices, Solid State Battery,
Fuel cells, Solar cells.

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Tutorial(15 Hours) one hour per week
SUGGUESTED READINGS:

1. Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics – K.C. Barua (Alpha Science International
Ltd.)2006
2. A Basic Course in Crystallography – J.A.K. Tareen & Kutly.Hydrabad (Universities Press,
India Pvt.)
3. Material Science and Engineering – A first course V. Raghavan (Prentice Hall, India Pvt.)
4. Introduction of Material Science for Engineers – James F. Shackelford – Macmillan
Pub.2006
5. Crystallography Applied to Solid State Physics – A.R. Verma and O. N. Srivastava (New
Age International Pub.)2005
6. Physical Properties of Materials – MC Lovell, A.J. Avery. M.W. Vernon (ELBS) Van
Nostrad Reinhold UK. Co. Ltd.
7. Principles of Electronics Ceramics –L.L. Hench, and J.K. West. (John-Wiley & Sons ) Ist.
Editions.
8. Introduction to Ceramics – WD Kingery, HK Bowen, DR Uhlmann (University Press,
Cambridge) IInd Edtions.
9. Solid State Physics – N.W. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin, New York: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston.

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