Course Detail
Units:
4.0
Course Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Recommended Prerequisite: CHEM 1220 and MATH 1220. Recommended Co-requisite: PHYCS 2220.
Description
Topics include atomic/chemical processes in solids, phase equilibria and phase changes, and relationships between structure/chemistry and the physical properties of solids. Laboratory experiments will illustrate these principles, including work hardening, brittle fracture, phase transformations. Laboratory safety, methods of literature search, data representation, elementary statistical analysis of data, routine property measurements, and report writing are emphasized.