CHEM 490 special topics: introduction to materials science & engineering

Modern science and technology depend highly on materials whose properties can be controlled to accommodate various applications. The multidisciplinary field of materials science and engineering outlines approaches to enhance the manipulation of existing materials and the synthesis of new materials. Furthermore, the study of materials science and engineering provides the basis for understanding material properties concerning chemistry and atomic structure and, specifically, the ability to tailor chemistry and structure to bring about specific properties. This course aims to present to students the basic principles necessary to understand structure-property relations in engineering materials. The course assumes a basic knowledge of general physics, general chemistry, and mathematics. Also, examples will be given to discuss manipulating these structure-property relationships in materials engineering.

• CHEM 490 (MSE)-2M Fall 2022

1. Module 1: materials and interatomic bonding

   • Chapters 1 and 2 of Callister & Rethwisch
   • Chapters 1 and 2 of Askeland & Wright
2. Module 2: atomic structure of crystalline metals and ceramics

   • Chapters 3, 12, 18.3 to 18.6 Callister & Rethwisch
   • Chapters 3, 12.2, and 19.2 to 19.5 of Askeland & Wright
3. Module 3: imperfections and non-stoichiometry in solids

   • Chapters 4, 5.2, 5.5, 5.6, and 7 of Callister & Rethwisch
   • Chapters 4, 15.3, and 15.4 of Askeland & Wright
4. Module 4: solid solutions and phase diagrams

   • Chapters 9 and 10 of Callister & Rethwisch
   • Chapters 10 and 11 of Askeland & Wright