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.

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.