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SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
3MSME676PHYSICS OF SOLIDS3+0+037,513.05.2025

 
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Doctorate's Degree
Department / Program MATERIALS SCIENCE AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Compulsory
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To understand crystal and amorphous structures.
To understand the mechanical, magnetic, dielectric and electrical properties of solids.
Course Content The aim of this course is to provide the basic knowledge about the atomic structures of crystalline and amorphous materials and to explain their mechanical, magnetic, dielectric and electrical properties. This course covers crystal structures, amorphous structures, homopolar bonds, mechanical properties, semiconductors, metals, phase transitions, paramagnetism, diamagnetism, ferromagnetism, dielectric properties, and superconductivity
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator None
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. Murat Durandurdu murat.durandurdu@agu.edu.tr
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources The Physics of Solids by J. B. Ketterson
The Physics of Solids by Richard John Turton

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %100

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Ödev 8 % 30
Sunum/Seminer 1 % 30
Final examination 1 % 40
Total
10
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Ev Ödevi 8 5 40
Sunum 1 4 4
Proje 14 2 28
Araştırma 14 2 28
Kişisel Çalışma 14 2 28
Ders dışı çalışma 14 2 28
Sözlü Sınav 1 4 4
Yüz Yüze Ders 14 4 56
Final Sınavı 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 7,5 218

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 To understand the types of bonding in Solids
2 To recognize different crystal structures and to understand basic crystallography
3 To understand the electrical and mechanical properties of solids
4 To understand the optical and magnetic properties of solids.

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Bonds between atoms
2 Crystal and crystalline solids
3 Crystal and crystalline solids
4 Electrical properties of metals
5 Semiconductors
6 Semiconductors
7 Thermal properties
8 Magnetic properties
9 Superconductivity
10 Superconductivity
11 Dielectrics
12 Dielectrics
13 Crystallization and amorphous solids
14 Crystallization and amorphous solids

 
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Veri yok
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
All 4 3 5 3 5 3 1 4 4 1
C1 4 3 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 1
C2 4 2 3 1 4 1 2 4 2 2
C3 5 1 5 1 2 1 2 4 1 1
C4 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 3 1 1

  Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

  
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