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Structure and Defects of materials

Dr. Superb Misra (S3-221)
smisra@iitgn.ac.in

Course Information

Venue: 7/103
Timings: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday (11:05-12:00)
Office hours: None
Pre-requisite: None
Course website: Not to be made
Grading: Relative
Marking Scheme:
Mid sem exam: 30%
End sem exam: 50%
Tutorials/Quiz: 20%

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Recommended text books

R. J. D. Tilley, Crystals and Crystal structures, John Wiley, 2006
E. J. Mittemeijer, Fundamentals of Materials Science, Springer,
2010
W. D. Callister, Materials Science & Engineering, John Wiley,
2007
D. Hull, D.J. Bacon. Introduction to dislocations, Elsevier, 2011
Richard J.D. Tilley, Defects in Solids. John Wiley and Sons, 2008
Marc De Graef and Michael E. McHenry. Structure of Materials:
An Introduction to Crystallography, Diffraction and Symmetry
2012.
As suggested along the course.

Why this course?

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What are we going to learn: Course outcome

What gives/creates a difference in properties
of materials?

How does material respond to deform?

How are we going to learn: Course outline

L1: Bonding in materials

L2: Geometry of crystals
L3: Crystals and crystal
structure
Crystal families
Crystal system
Density of crystals

L4: Lattices-planes and

directions
2D lattices, 3D lattices and
their reciprocal
Lattice planes and miller
indices
Lattice geometry

L5-6: Bravais lattices in two and

three dimensions

L7-10: Symmetry in two and three

dimensions
L11-13: Point and Space groups
L14-16: Crystal planes, directions
and projections
L17: Building of crystal structures
L18-20: Diffraction and crystal
structures
X-rays
Single crystal diffraction
Neutron/Electron diffraction

L21-22: Theory of crystal growth

Solution growth, Melt growth
Nucleation
Atomic model and Thermodynamic
considerations

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How are we going to learn: Course outline

L23: Defects in crystals

L24: Observation of dislocations
L25-26: Movement of dislocations
L27: Properties of dislocations
L28-30: Dislocations examples
L31-32: Jogs/intersection of the dislocation
L33: Origin and multiplication of dislocations
L34-35: Dislocation arrays and crystal boundaries
L36-38: Effect of defects on material properties

If time permits ..

Nanocrystals
Structure of polymers
Structure of liquid crystals
Defects and dislocations in polymers