The purpose of this course is fundamentally focused on the structures and properties of materials including atomic structure and bonding, structure of metals, defects and diffusion in solids, mechanical properties, dislocations and strengthening mechanisms, phase diagrams, and phase transformations.

The purpose of this course is fundamentally focused on the structures and properties of materials including atomic structure and bonding, crystallography, structure of materials, defects and diffusion, mechanical properties, strengthening mechanisms, and failure. 1. Introduction 2. Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bonding 3. The Structure of Crystalline Solids 4. Imperfections in Solids 5. Diffusion 6. Mechanical Properties of Metals 7. Dislocations and Strengthening Mechanisms 8. Failure 9. Phase Diagrams

Textbook:
W. D. Callister, Jr. and D. G. Rethwisch, Materials Science and Engineering, 10th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2020.

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