MSCI 301 - Spring 2006 - Syllabus revised 4/1/06

Materials Science - Introduction to the science of solid materials. Includes metals, ceramics, plastics, and semiconductors, as well as the properties of solid materials from atomic and macroscopic points of view. Required for mechanical engineering and materials science & engineering majors.

Instructor: Peter Loos on campus: ME 215, x3698, ploos@rice.??? office hours: after class or by appointment home: 281-261-1007 mobile: 281-250-4998

Class Meets: MWF 9:00-9:50am, Keck 101

Prerequisites: Math 101, Chem 121, Phys 101

Text: Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering, 4th Ed. by W.F. Smith & J. Hashemi, McGraw Hill. Available at the campus store, bn.com, amazon.com, etc. Used copies are available on the web. A copy is on reserve at Fondren (overnight checkout allowed). This may be changed by request. 3^rd edition of this book can also be used.

Grading: 25% each: homework, tests, term paper and final. There will be about 11 homework problem sets and two tests and an occasional quiz. Points will be deducted for assignments turned in late. Two MSCI grad students are serving as graders.

Lab: MSCI 303, Junior Lab, required for MSCI majors. Instructor is Gary Cisneros.

Lecture Topics:

• Introduction to materials science, types of materials.
• Electronic structure of atoms and types of bonding between atoms.
• Crystallography and diffraction.
• Solid solutions and crystal imperfections.
• Phase diagrams.
• Optical and electron microscopy. Scanned probe microscopy.
• Solidification, grain structure and texture.
• Solid diffusion.
• Processing of metals.
• Stress and strain, mechanical testing.
• Plastic deformation in metals, recovery and recrystallization.
• Strengthening of metals by cold work, solute atoms and grain boundaries.
• Fracture and fatique.
• Creep and stress rupture.
• Common engineering alloys.
• Ceramics, their structure, processing and properties. Glasses.
• Corrosion, electrochemistry, types of corrosion. Oxidation.
• Electrical properties, the energy band model of metals, semiconductors & insulators.
• Magnetic materials, permeability, susceptibility and six types of magnetism.
• Polymers and composite materials.

Optional Supplemental Reading

Elements of Materials Science and Engineering by L. H. Van Vlack. This book was used as the text in MSCI 301 some years ago and covers material similar to the W. F. Smith text. A copy is on reserve at Fondren.

Materials Science and Engineering, An Introduction by William D. Callister, Jr. Covers the same areas as the Van Vlack and Smith texts. Well written. A copy is on reserve at Fondren.

The Theory of the Properties of Metals and Alloys by Mott and Jones. An $11 paperback from Dover Publications. Covers many of the same topics as our text: thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical properties of materials - as well as bonding and crystal structure. A copy is on reserve at Fondren.

Introduction to Crystallography by Donald E. Sands. Another nice $11 paperback from Dover. Includes two chapters on the theory and methods of x-ray diffraction.

Mechanical Metallurgy by G. E. Dieter. Includes the continuum description of stress & strain, crystalline and defect mechanisms of flow and fracture, testing of mechanical properties and basic metalworking processes. An excellent text, written at the level of seniors and first-year graduate students. Includes a chapter on polymers.

Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys by D.A. Porter and K.E. Easterling. This book begins with topics crucial to understanding of phase transformations: thermodynamics, diffusion and properties of interfaces and continues on to describe three specific types of transformations: solidification, diffusional and diffusionless. Written at the level of seniors and first-year graduate students.

Corrosion Engineering by Mars G. Fontana. This excellent textbook covers corrosion principles and applications, forms of corrosion, testing, materials selection, prevention, corrosive environments, and high-temperature oxidation.

Under the Microscope by Burgess, Marten and Taylor, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1990. An interesting variety of optical, SEM & TEM microscope images. Includes biological materials and organisms, crystals and engineered materials. Chapter 1 and the appendix provide a good review of the history of microscopy and its many forms.

ASM Handbooks. Covers all aspects of materials science & engineering: selection, processing, structure, properties, and performance. A set of 22 volumes, about 20,000 pages, by experts in each area. For tables of contents see www.asminternational.org click on Bookstore then ASM Handbooks. The MEMS department owns a set of these, Fondren has most of the set, and your instructor has the first 13 volumes.

The Annual Book of ASTM Standards. This is a set of 77 volumes which contain about 12,000 "standards" documents relating to the production, testing, and performance of countless materials of commercial importance. Each of these standards is written by a group of experts and approved by the voting members of the relevant ASTM committee. For details and tables of contents see www.astm.org . At the left click on Standards and then select Annual Book of Standards. To search or browse the standards database, go to the ASTM home page and at the top left select item Standards Search. Fondren has the entire set on microfilm and your instructor has nine volumes in paperback.

Resources On the Web

• The web page for our textbook: www.mhhe.com/smithmaterials . To get started look near the lower left corner of the page and click on Student Edition.
• An Engineering Student Survival Guide www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/survivalguide.htm by R. M. Felder at NCSU.
• A to Z of Materials AZOM.com was started by a group of academic materials experts from Australia and the UK. The web site has sophisticated search capabilities and is free but requires registration. Provides short review articles – with references – as well as property data and selection criteria.
• www.Key-To-Steel.com provides dozens of articles about iron & steel, fracture, fatigue, mechanical testing, etc. Written on a level similar to or a slightly more detailed than out text. The only complaint your instructor has about this web site is that the articles do not give references to the original literature.
• A comprehensive periodic table of the elements: www.webelements.com by Mark Winter at The Univ. of Sheffield. Also check out the Univ. of Kentucky’s Periodic Table of Comic Books www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/ concerning the abilities of your favorite elemental superheroes.
• HyperPhysics is an easy-to-use environment for exploring concepts in physics. See hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html. In this class we are interested in Condensed Matter.
• A commercial database of material properties: www.matweb.com .
• Bragg's Law & Diffraction: How waves reveal crystal structure: www.eserc.stonybrook.edu/ProjectJava/Bragg/index.html.
• The Study of Metals & Alloys by X-ray Diffraction: www.iucr.org/iucr-top/comm/cteach/pamphlets/16/index.html This article also discusses the application of x-ray diffraction to the study of alloy phase diagrams.
• More references and links concerning crystallography can be found in the course syllabus for MSCI 535, www.owlnet.rice.edu/~msci535/ .
• Crystal lattice structures from Naval Research Lab: cst-www.nrl.navy.mil/lattice/ also many useful links at: cst-www.nrl.navy.mil/lattice/others.html .
• Yahoo materials science directory: dir.yahoo.com/science/engineering/material_science/.
• NIST provides information about materials as well as samples of standard reference materials. See nist.gov. Some specific areas to check out: (1) the metallurgy division at www.metallurgy.nist.gov note Publications and Phase Diagrams at the right side of the screen and (2) the Virtual Library at nvl.nist.gov. At the left side of the screen, under the heading Research by Subject click on the item Materials Science and (3) standard reference data at www.nist.gov/srd/ which includes the NIST Materials Data Program and www.nist.gov/srd/chemandcryst.htm .
• Search the United States Patent Office database: www.uspto.gov . At the left side of the page under the heading Patents click on the item Search.
• Molecular Expressions - exploring the world of optics and microscopy at micro.magnet.fsu.edu. Includes galleries of photos, an introduction to optical microscopy and a virtual scanning electron microscope among other items.

NOTICE

Any student with a disability requiring accommodations in this course is encouraged to contact Instructor after class or during office hours. Additionally, students will need to contact Disability Support Services in the Ley Student Center.