Graduate Catalog 1994-1995 College of Engineering Program in Materials Science Course Descriptions MASC 601 Structure and Properties of Polymer Materials 3 Measurement and control of the microstructure and properties of solid polymers. Structure generation, structure-property models and effects of processing on properties. May be cross-listed with CHEG601. PREREQ: MASC302. MASC 602 Structure of Materials 3 Fundamentals of crystallography. Crystal structure analysis by X-ray and electron diffraction. Characterization of materials by optical microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Simplified approach to image theory and diffraction theory. PREREQ: MASC302. MASC 603 Analytical Techniques in Materials Science 3 Laboratory course in optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, electron diffraction. X-ray fluorescense and microanalysis. Auger analysis and other spectroscopic techniques. PREREQ: MASC302 and MASC602. COREQ: MASC602. MASC 604 Phase Transformations 3 Introduction to thermodynamic functions: enthalpy, entropy and free energy. Fick's first and second laws of diffusion. Liquid/solid and solid/solid phase equilibria and transformations. Nucleation and growth. Massive and martensitic transformations. Phase transformations in polymers, ceramics and electronic materials. PREREQ: MASC302. MASC 606 Corrosion and Protection 3 Degradation of structural materials through interaction with their environment. High temperature oxidation and sulfidation. Electrochemical attack on alloys and its relation to metallurgical structure. Stress corrosion cracking. Testing and control methods. Localized corrosion. Deterioration of advanced materials. PREREQ: MASC302. MASC 614 Fracture of Materials 3 Fracture mechanics, micromechanisms, nucleation and propagation of cracks, fracture toughness, ductile-brittle transitions, fatigue, stress, corrosion, irradiation effects and nonmetallic materials. May be cross-listed with MEEG614. PREREQ: MASC302. RESTRICTIONS: Graduate standing acceptable in lieu of Prerequisite. MASC 615 Mechanical Properties of Materials 3 Stress, strain, tensor notation and elementary elasticity. Plasticity and ductility based upon continuum mechanics. Ideal strength of crystalline, polymer and amorphous materials. Real materials: amorphous, polymers, ceramics, metals and composites. Dislocations, strengthening of solids. Mechanisms of fracture, fracture mechanics, fatigue, creep and stress rupture. May be cross-listed with MEEG615. RESTRICTIONS: Requires graduate status. MASC 616 Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces and Interfaces 3 See CHEG616 for course description. MASC 623 Electrical Properties of Matter I 3 See ELEG623 for course description. MASC 624 Carrier Transport in Solids 3 Quasi-equilibrium behavior of carriers in homogeneous semiconductors; relaxation, trapping and scattering mechanisms; and regimes of transport. Generation and recombination of excess carriers; equations of continuity and their solutions; and high-field effects. Metal- semiconductor contacts; symmetric and asymmetric semiconductor homojunctions; and heterojunctions. PREREQ: ELEG623. MASC 803 Equilibria in Material Systems 3 Classical thermodynamics of condensed systems (macroscopic description). Fundamental laws. Functions and equations of state. Equilibrium and stability criteria. Single component phase equilibrium, multi-component mixtures. Partialmolar properties, non-ideal mixtures. Equilibrium in multi-phase, multi-component systems. Phase Rule. PREREQ: MASC302. MASC 804 Kinetics in Material Systems 3 Theory of reaction kinetics. Transport mechanisms in solids. Nucleation and spinodal decomposition. Interfacial attachment and migration. Transition state theory applied to diffusion and phase transformation. Elementary non-equilibrium thermodynamics and phenomenological equations in material transport and phase transformation. PREREQ: MASC302. MASC 806 Physical Properties of Solids 3 Bonding, structure and growth of crystalline solids, glasses and superlattices. Phonons. Energy bands and band gaps. Photons and photonic properties of solids. Defects in solids and their effects on electrical and optical properties. Carrier generation, transport and recombination. Solids in magnetic fields. MASC 811 Advanced Topics in Materials 1-3 Discussion of a topic of current interest in the science or engineering of materials. MASC 821 Diffraction of Radiation by Matter 3 Theory and analysis of diffraction from ideal and imperfect crystals, gases and liquids, and other atomic aggregations. MASC 823 Transmission Electron Microscopy in Materials Science 3 Transmission electron microscope, lens defects and resolution. Diffraction and Kikuchi pattern formation and analysis. Image formation: kinematical and dynamical theories of electron diffraction. Burgers' vector and other fault analysis. Convergent beam and microdiffraction techniques. High resolution electron microscopy. MASC 824 Advanced Carrier Transport in Solids 3 Selected topics of advanced electronic properties of semiconductors, electronic structure of bands and defects, anisotropy, semiconducting glasses, photon and phonon-induced transitions, quasi-particles, defect spectroscopy, advanced scattering of electrons, phonons, photons, multi- particle theory, nonlinear effects, high-field effects, photoconductivity and luminescence. Recent developments. MASC 868 Research 1-9 MASC 869 Master's Thesis 1-6 MASC 964 Pre-Candidacy Study 3-12 PF Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or qualifying examinations for doctoral students before admission to candidacy but after completion of all required course work. RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy. MASC 969 Doctoral Dissertation 1-12 PF UNIV 899 Master's Sustaining: Thesis 0 PF UNIV 999 Doctoral Sustaining 0 PF