ENGR 321
MATERIALS SCIENCE

Information
3 Credits
Available Fall/Winter terms
Lecture only
OSU Catalog
 Prerequisites
CH 202
 Contact
Brady Gibbons
(541) 737-2427
306 Dearborn

Course Description

Structure and properties of metals, ceramics and organic materials; control of structure during processing and structural modification by service environment.

Topics

  • Historical Perspective and Classification of Materials
  • Atomic Structure and Interatomic Bonding
  • The Structure of Crystalline Solids
  • Imperfections in Solids
  • Diffusion in Solids
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Phase Transformations in Metals: Development of Microstructure
  • Structure and Properties of Ceramics
  • Polymer Materials
  • Advanced Materials

Learning Outcomes

The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:

  • Predict basic physical properties of materials based on a knowledge of their atomic composition and chemical bonding.
  • Readily describe the structure of the crystalline materials using the nomenclature of Bravais lattices and Miller Indices.
  • Apply the principles of solid state diffusion to solve engineering problems to determine the effects of heating on composition profiles in solid solution materials in at least the 1-dimensional approximation.
  • Use a binary phase diagram to quantitatively describe the compositions, phases and microstructures developed during heat treatments of binary solid systems.
  • Use the principles of nucleation theory and solid state diffusion to solve problems involving kinetics of phase transformations in metal alloy systems.