UNSW Handbook Course - Physical Properties of Materials

Physical Properties of Materials - MATS2001


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Materials Science and Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.materials.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
	Excluded: MATS1172
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Basic atomic theory: wave mechanics and wave equations, many-electron atoms and the Pauli Principle, Brillouin Zone theory; thermal properties: heat capacity, thermal expansion and conductivity, thermoelectricity, Seebeck effect, Thomson effect; electrical properties, insulators, semi-conductors and metals, amorphous materials, dielectrics, piezoelectrics, ferroelectrics and pyroelectrics; magnetic properties: diamagnetism, paramagnetism and ferromagnetism, magnetic anisotropy, magnetostriction, antiferromagnetism, ferrimagnetism; superconductivity; optical properties.

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