MATRL 200S: INTRO STRUC & PHASE
University of California, Santa Barbara
A primer course for incoming graduate students with non-MSE background. Bas ic concepts of structure and descriptors: crystalline and non-crystalline s olids, compounds, solid solutions. Structural imperfections: point defects, dislocations and strain fields, surfaces, interfaces. Defects in ionic cry stals. Thermodynamic underpinnings of phase diagrams: phase rule, chemical potential, equilibrium conditions, metastability. Unary systems. Fundamenta ls of binary systems, allotropes, invariant reactions, phase fractions and compositions, relationship with structure evolution. Maps for reacting syst ems, Ellingham diagrams, predominance diagrams. Introduction to ternary sys tems: liquidus surfaces and basic invariant reactions.
Average GPA: 3.63
Grade distribution records: 55 students across 6 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 4 | 7.3% |
| A | 24 | 43.6% |
| A- | 9 | 16.4% |
| B+ | 8 | 14.5% |
| B | 6 | 10.9% |
| B- | 2 | 3.6% |
| C+ | 2 | 3.6% |
Based on 55 student grade records across 6 terms and 1 professor.
Instructors
- Gianola D S 55 students, Average GPA 3.63