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Engineering - ENGR 306

Materials Science

• Material classifications
• Material property categories
• Atomic Structure
• Bonding Force/Energy vs. interatomic distance
• Primary bonding (Ionic, Covalent, Metallic)
• Secondary bonding (fluctuating induced dipole, polar molecule induced dipole, permanent dipole, hydrogen)
• Atoms, molecules, ‘salts’
• Crystal structures
• Unit cells (BCC, FCC, HCP, simple cubic)
• Coordination #, packing factor, atoms per unit cell, cell edge length, cell volume
• Polymorphs/allotropes
• Crystal systems
• Point coordinates
• Crystallographic directions
• Crystallographic planes
• Linear and planar density
• Single crystal / Polycrystalline materials
• Anisotropy
• Noncrystalline/Amorphous solids
• Vacancies
• Interstitials
• Impurities / Alloys
• Edge dislocation
• Screw dislocation
• Interfacial defects
• Bulk/Volume defects
• Atomic vibrations
• Grain size determination
• Diffusion mechanisms
• Steady state diffusion
• Fick’s First Law
• Nonsteady state diffusion
• Fick’s Second Law
• Corrosion potentials
• Anode, cathode, electrolyte
• Corrosion rates
• Passivity
• Forms of corrosion
• Prevention of corrosion
• Engineering stress and strain
• True stress and strain
• Elastic properties of materials
• Plastic deformation
• Elastic recovery
• Hardness
• Variability of material properties
• Design/Safety factors
• Grain size reduction strengthening
• Solid solution strengthening
• Strain hardening
• Recovery
• Recrystallization
• Grain growth
• Ductile fracture
• Brittle fracture
• Fracture mechanics
• Impact fracture testing
• Fatigue stress curves
• Fatigue life
• Creep
• Ceramics (structure, properties, applications, and processing)
• Polymers (structure, characteristics, properties, applications, and processing)
• Particle reinforced composites
• Fiber reinforced composites
• Structural composites