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: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
Excluded: MATS1172
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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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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