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Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Ceramics - MATS2294
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.06250 (more info)
 
 
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Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
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Heat capacity, measurement of heat capacity, and factors affecting heat capacity. Thermal expansion, measurment of thermal expansion, and factors affecting thermal expansion. Thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, measurement of thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity, factors affecting thermal transport, phonon and photon conductivity, and factors affecting phonon and photon conductivity. Thermal stresses and thermal shock. Influence of structure and composition of pure materials on thermal conductivity of multiphase materials. Effects of composition, microstructure, and physical properties on the mechanical properties of ceramics, design approaches for ceramics, inspection and non-destructive testing of ceramics, and case studies.

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