Course Details
Physics of materials
Academic Year 2023/24
DB64 course is part of 2 study plans
D-P-C-SI (N) / FMI Summer Semester 1st year
D-K-C-SI (N) / FMI Summer Semester 1st year
Structure of materials, crystalline solids, non-crystalline solids, mechanical properties of materials, deformation of solids, plasticity, viscosity, rheology, surface tension and capillarity, thermal properties, heat capacity, thermal expansion, heat transfer, temperature measurements, thermocouples, thermistors, RTD, pyrometers, phase transition, Gibbs' phase rule, phase diagram, condensation, moisture of materials, humidity, electrical properties of materials, electrical properties of gases, electrical properties of fluids, band theory of solid.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
PhD students learn the fundamental physics that leads to many of the measurable physical properties of materials. They apply their mathematical and physics knowledge to understand the derivation of key relationships of physical properties of materials and to understand physical processes in materials.
Knowledge
Fundamental physics that leads to many of the measurable physical properties of materials. They apply their mathematical and physics knowledge to understand the derivation of key relationships of physical properties of materials and to understand physical processes in materials.
Syllabus
1. Structure of materials: solids, crystalline solids, non-crystalline solids, amorphous solids, granular matter, quasi-crystals.
2. Soft matters, liquid crystals, polymers, complex fluids, gels, foams, emulsions.
3. Mechanical properties: stress / strain, deformation of solids, elasticity, plasticity, fluidity, viscosity.
4. Viscosity measurement, rheology, cohesive forces, surface tension and capillarity.
5. Thermal properties: heat capacity, specific heat, molar heat.
6. Thermal expansion, heat transfer, heat conduction, thermal conductivity.
7. Phonons, Debye theory, heat convection, radiation.
8. Temperature measurements: Seebeck effect, Peltier effect, Thomson effect, thermopower, thermocouples, thermistors.
9. Resistance temperature detectors (RTD), pyrometers, infrared thermometers, Langmuir probes, other thermometers.
10. Phase transition: phase, Gibbs' phase rule, phase diagram, solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter.
11. Latent heat, real gases, condensation, water vapour, moisture of materials, humidity.
12. Electrical properties of materials: electrical properties of gases, electrical properties of fluids (electrolytes), Faradays’ electrolytic laws.
13. Band theory of solids, electrical conductivity of solids.
2. Soft matters, liquid crystals, polymers, complex fluids, gels, foams, emulsions.
3. Mechanical properties: stress / strain, deformation of solids, elasticity, plasticity, fluidity, viscosity.
4. Viscosity measurement, rheology, cohesive forces, surface tension and capillarity.
5. Thermal properties: heat capacity, specific heat, molar heat.
6. Thermal expansion, heat transfer, heat conduction, thermal conductivity.
7. Phonons, Debye theory, heat convection, radiation.
8. Temperature measurements: Seebeck effect, Peltier effect, Thomson effect, thermopower, thermocouples, thermistors.
9. Resistance temperature detectors (RTD), pyrometers, infrared thermometers, Langmuir probes, other thermometers.
10. Phase transition: phase, Gibbs' phase rule, phase diagram, solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter.
11. Latent heat, real gases, condensation, water vapour, moisture of materials, humidity.
12. Electrical properties of materials: electrical properties of gases, electrical properties of fluids (electrolytes), Faradays’ electrolytic laws.
13. Band theory of solids, electrical conductivity of solids.
Prerequisites
An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics and physics to the formulation of complex materials science and engineering problems.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
8 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Structure of materials: solids, crystalline solids, non-crystalline solids, amorphous solids, granular matter, quasi-crystals.
2. Soft matters, liquid crystals, polymers, complex fluids, gels, foams, emulsions.
3. Mechanical properties: stress / strain, deformation of solids, elasticity, plasticity, fluidity, viscosity.
4. Viscosity measurement, rheology, cohesive forces, surface tension and capillarity.
5. Thermal properties: heat capacity, specific heat, molar heat.
6. Thermal expansion, heat transfer, heat conduction, thermal conductivity.
7. Phonons, Debye theory, heat convection, radiation.
8. Temperature measurements: Seebeck effect, Peltier effect, Thomson effect, thermopower, thermocouples, thermistors.
9. Resistance temperature detectors (RTD), pyrometers, infrared thermometers, Langmuir probes, other thermometers.
10. Phase transition: phase, Gibbs' phase rule, phase diagram, solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter.
11. Latent heat, real gases, condensation, water vapour, moisture of materials, humidity.
12. Electrical properties of materials: electrical properties of gases, electrical properties of fluids (electrolytes), Faradays’ electrolytic laws.
13. Band theory of solids, electrical conductivity of solids.