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Title of the course

MM 152 :  Materials and Technology (DIC)

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Credit structure

L          T          P          C

2           1          0          6

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Pre-requisite, if any

None (Department Introductory Course)

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Course content

Classes of materials, their properties and applications. Metals, alloys, intermetallics, oxide and non-oxide ceramics, polymers, composites, semiconductors. Atomic, molecular, crystal structures and microstructure of materials. Crystalline (single, polycrystalline) and amorphous materials. Thin films, coatings. Structure-property correlations in materials. Processing of materials. Environmental degradation of materials. Status of metallurgical and materials industry in India. Overview of frontier areas in metallurgy and materials science.

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Texts/References

W.D. Callister, Materials Science and Engineering : An Introduction, John Wiley, 2003.

James F. Shackelford, Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, Prentice Hall, 1996.

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Instructor(s) name

   Prof. Dipti Gupta