Structural and Chemical Characterization of Materials

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: None. Enforced Prerequisite: MATSCIE 350. Minimum grade requirement of “C-” for enforced prerequisite. (3 credits) Study of the basic structural and chemical characterization techniques that are commonly used in materials science and engineering. X-ray, electron and neutron diffraction, a wide range of spectroscopies, microscopies and scanning probe methods will be covered. Lectures will be integrated with a laboratory where the techniques will be demonstrated and/or used by the student to study a material. Techniques will be presented in terms of the underlying physics and chemistry.