Properties of solids: elasticity(link is external), stress-strain relation, Plastic behavior, isotropic materials, elastic energy.
Properties of liquids: Pressure in liquids, Pressure transmission: Pascal’s law and its applications, Buoyancy: Archimedes principle and its applications. Surface tension: Measurement of surface tension, molecular theory, surface energy, pressure inside a soap bubble and a liquid drop, capillarity, negative pressure and the cohesion of water. Fluid flow: streamlines, Bernoulli’s Equation- Applications, Viscosity, Turbulence and Chaotic flow.
Properties of gases: Ideal gas, molecular view of pressure, Real gases, ideal gas equation
Dielectrics: Properties of dielectrics, non-polar and polar dielectrics, Dielectric strength, Ferroelectrics, Piezoelectric, applications. Magnetic materials: Magnetism, magnetic materials, classification of magnetic materials, types of magnetic materials, soft magnetic materials, hard magnetic materials, applications.
Crystalline solids, crystal structure(link is external) and systems, Imperfections, X-ray diffraction, semiconductors, doping, Diodes(link is external), Transistor, IC’s, Mems, introduction to Nanotechnology. Superconductors-properties, materials, SQUIDS, Cryogenics.
Spectroscopy: Types of spectroscopy-basic principles, instrumentation, applications.
Non destructive testing methods: X-ray methods, Radioactive methods, Thermometric methods, Electrical measurements, Magnetic measurements.