METE349Undergraduate
Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Materials
Printed in the catalogue as ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Course content
Electron energy levels and bands, Free electron theory of metals. Fermi-Dirac statistics. Metals, semiconductors, insulators. Electronic transport, conduction in metals. Electrical resistivity of metals. Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors. Superconductors. Electrical properties of junctions. Techniques of making p-n junctions. Magnetic properties of materials: diamagnetic, paramagnetic materials, ferrites. Optical properties of materials.
Where it sits in a curriculum
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- Metallurgical and Materials EngineeringYear 3, Fall semester
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