This document provides an overview of the course MSE XXX: Introduction to Materials Science & Engineering. It outlines the course objectives, which are to introduce fundamental concepts in materials science and engineering, including how material structure dictates properties and how processing can change structure. It describes the various components of the course, including lectures, recitations, laboratories, teaching assistants, textbooks, and websites. It provides a tentative schedule and overview of topics that will be covered over the 10 weeks. It also outlines the methods of assessment including quizzes, midterms and a final exam.

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MSE XXX: Introduction to
Materials Science & Engineering
Course Objective...
Introduce fundamental concepts in Materials
Science
You will learn about:
• material structure
• how structure dictates properties
• how processing can change structure
This course will help you to:
• use materials properly
• realize new design opportunities
with materials

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LECTURES
Lecturer:
Time:
Location:
Activities:
• Present new material
• Announce reading and homework
• Take quizzes and midterms*
*Make-ups given only for emergencies.
*Discuss potential conflicts beforehand.

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RECITATIONS
Purpose:
• Discuss homework, quizzes, exams
• Hand back graded quizzes, exams
• Discuss concepts from lecture
Instructor:
Times and Places:
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X:XXpm
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Recitations start next week.
Try to attend your registered recitation.
If necessary, attend an alternate recitation.

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Purpose: To learn more about materials by relating
lecture material with observations. Also to learn to properly
formulate and write engineering reports and proposals.
Instructor:
Location:
LABORATORY SECTIONS

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TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Teaching Assistants will
• participate in recitation sessions,
• have office hours to help you with course material
and problem sets.
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OFFICE HOURS
Activities:
• Discuss homework, quizzes, exams
• Discuss lectures, book
• Pick up missed handouts
X:XX-X:XX each weekday**
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**Contact professors for special arrangements

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Required text:
• Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,
W.D. Callister, Jr. and D.G. Rethwisch, 8th edition,
John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (2010).
COURSE MATERIALS (with text)
• _____
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Optional Material:
• _____
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• _____
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Required text:
• WileyPLUS for Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction,
W.D. Callister, Jr. and D.G. Rethwisch, 8th edition, John Wiley
and Sons, Inc. (2010).
COURSE MATERIALS
(with WileyPLUS)
Website: http://www.wileyplus.com/xxxxxxxxxxx
• Can be bought online at wileyplus.com for 40% of textbook price
• Includes complete online version of textbook
• Or comes bundled with textbook at bookstore
• $5 more than textbook alone
• Homework assignments with instant feedback and hints
• Computer graded self-help problems
• Hotlinks in homework to supporting text section
• Quizzes

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Text Website: http://www.wiley.com/college/callister
• VMSE for 3D visualization and manipulation of atomic structures
• Mechanical Engineering and Biomaterials online support modules
• Case studies of materials usage
• Extended learning objectives
• Self-assessment exercises
Course Website: http://www.xxx.edu/xxxxx
• Syllabus
• Lecture notes
• Answer keys
• Grades
WEBSITES

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Website: http://www.wileyplus.com/college/callister
Student Companion Site
• Users can manipulate molecules and crystals to
better visualize atomic structures
• Unit cells such as BCC, FCC, HCP
• Crystallographic planes, directions, and defects
• Polymer repeat units and molecules
• Diffusion computations
Virtual Materials Science &
Engineering (VMSE)

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GRADING
Weekly in-lecture quizzes XX%
Held on _____ at the beginning of class
Based on core homework problems
Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped
Midterm #1 XX%
Tentatively scheduled for:
Material covered:
Midterm #2 XX%
Tentatively scheduled for:
Material covered:
Final XX%
Tentatively scheduled for:
Material covered:

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READING SCHEDULE
Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Topic
General Intro; Atomic Bonding
Crystalline Structures; Imperfections
Diffusion; Mechanical Properties
Strengthening Mechanisms; Failure
Phase Diagrams
Phase Transformations
Applications & Processing of Metal Alloys
Struc., Prop., Proc., Applic. of Ceramics
Struc., Prop. of Polymers; Composites
Corrosion; Elec. & Thermal Prop.
Magnetic & Optical Prop.
Econ. & Envir. Issues
Chapter
1,2
3,4
5,6
7,8
9
10
11
12,13
14,15,16
17,18,19
20,21
22
Lectures: will highlight important portions of each chapter.

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Chapter 1 - Introduction
• What is materials science?
• Why should we know about it?
• Materials drive our society
– Stone Age
– Bronze Age
– Iron Age
– Now?
• Silicon Age?
• Polymer Age?

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Example – Hip Implant
• With age or certain illnesses joints deteriorate.
Particularly those with large loads (such as hip).
Adapted from Fig. 22.25, Callister 7e.

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Example – Hip Implant
• Requirements
– mechanical
strength (many
cycles)
– good lubricity
– biocompatibility
Adapted from Fig. 22.24, Callister 7e.

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Example – Hip Implant
Adapted from Fig. 22.26, Callister 7e.

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Hip Implant
• Key problems to overcome
– fixation agent to hold
acetabular cup
– cup lubrication material
– femoral stem – fixing agent
(“glue”)
– must avoid any debris in cup
Femoral
Stem
Ball
Acetabular
Cup and Liner
Adapted from chapter-opening
photograph, Chapter 22, Callister 7e.

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Example – Develop New Types of
Polymers
• Commodity plastics – large volume ca. $0.50 / lb
Ex. Polyethylene
Polypropylene
Polystyrene
etc.
• Engineering Resins – small volume > $1.00 / lb
Ex. Polycarbonate
Nylon
Polysulfone
etc.
Can polypropylene be “upgraded” to properties (and price) near
those of engineering resins?

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ex: hardness vs structure of steel
• Properties depend on structure
Data obtained from Figs. 10.30(a)
and 10.32 with 4 wt% C composition,
and from Fig. 11.14 and associated
discussion, Callister & Rethwisch 8e.
Micrographs adapted from (a) Fig.
10.19; (b) Fig. 9.30;(c) Fig. 10.33;
and (d) Fig. 10.21, Callister &
Rethwisch 8e.
ex: structure vs cooling rate of steel
• Processing can change structure
Structure, Processing, & Properties
Hardness(BHN)
Cooling Rate (ºC/s)
100
200
300
400
500
600
0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000
(d)
30 µm
(c)
4 µm
(b)
30 µm
(a)
30 µm

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Types of Materials
• Metals:
– Strong, ductile
– High thermal & electrical conductivity
– Opaque, reflective.
• Polymers/plastics: Covalent bonding  sharing of e’s
– Soft, ductile, low strength, low density
– Thermal & electrical insulators
– Optically translucent or transparent.
• Ceramics: ionic bonding (refractory) – compounds of metallic
& non-metallic elements (oxides, carbides, nitrides, sulfides)
– Brittle, glassy, elastic
– Non-conducting (insulators)

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1. Pick Application Determine required Properties
Processing: changes structure and overall shape
ex: casting, sintering, vapor deposition, doping
forming, joining, annealing.
Properties: mechanical, electrical, thermal,
magnetic, optical, deteriorative.
Material: structure, composition.
2. Properties Identify candidate Material(s)
3. Material Identify required Processing
The Materials Selection Process

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ELECTRICAL
• Electrical Resistivity of Copper:
• Adding “impurity” atoms to Cu increases resistivity.
• Deforming Cu increases resistivity.
Adapted from Fig. 18.8, Callister &
Rethwisch 8e. (Fig. 18.8 adapted
from: J.O. Linde, Ann Physik 5, 219
(1932); and C.A. Wert and R.M.
Thomson, Physics of Solids, 2nd
edition, McGraw-Hill Company, New
York, 1970.)
T (ºC)-200 -100 0
Cu + 3.32 at%Ni
Cu + 2.16 at%Ni
deformed Cu + 1.12 at%Ni
1
2
3
4
5
6
Resistivity,ρ
(10-8
Ohm-m)
0
Cu + 1.12 at%Ni
“Pure” Cu

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THERMAL
• Space Shuttle Tiles:
-- Silica fiber insulation
offers low heat conduction.
• Thermal Conductivity
of Copper:
-- It decreases when
you add zinc!
Adapted from
Fig. 19.4W, Callister
6e. (Courtesy of
Lockheed Aerospace
Ceramics Systems,
Sunnyvale, CA)
(Note: "W" denotes fig.
is on CD-ROM.)
Adapted from Fig. 19.4, Callister & Rethwisch
8e. (Fig. 19.4 is adapted from Metals Handbook:
Properties and Selection: Nonferrous alloys and
Pure Metals, Vol. 2, 9th ed., H. Baker,
(Managing Editor), American Society for Metals,
1979, p. 315.)
Composition (wt% Zinc)
ThermalConductivity
(W/m-K)
400
300
200
100
0
0 10 20 30 40
100µm
Adapted from chapter-
opening photograph,
Chapter 17, Callister &
Rethwisch 3e. (Courtesy
of Lockheed
Missiles and Space
Company, Inc.)

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MAGNETIC
• Magnetic Permeability
vs. Composition:
-- Adding 3 atomic % Si
makes Fe a better
recording medium!
Adapted from C.R. Barrett, W.D. Nix, and
A.S. Tetelman, The Principles of
Engineering Materials, Fig. 1-7(a), p. 9,
1973. Electronically reproduced
by permission of Pearson Education, Inc.,
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
Fig. 20.23, Callister & Rethwisch 8e.
• Magnetic Storage:
-- Recording medium
is magnetized by
recording head.
Magnetic FieldMagnetization
Fe+3%Si
Fe

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• Transmittance:
-- Aluminum oxide may be transparent, translucent, or
opaque depending on the material structure.
Adapted from Fig. 1.2,
Callister & Rethwisch 8e.
(Specimen preparation,
P.A. Lessing; photo by S.
Tanner.)
single crystal
polycrystal:
low porosity
polycrystal:
high porosity
OPTICAL

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DETERIORATIVE
• Stress & Saltwater...
-- causes cracks!
Adapted from chapter-opening photograph,
Chapter 16, Callister & Rethwisch 3e.
(from Marine Corrosion, Causes, and
Prevention, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1975.) 4 µm
-- material:
7150-T651 Al "alloy"
(Zn,Cu,Mg,Zr)
Adapted from Fig. 11.26,
Callister & Rethwisch 8e. (Provided courtesy of G.H.
Narayanan and A.G. Miller, Boeing Commercial Airplane
Company.)
• Heat treatment: slows
crack speed in salt water!
Adapted from Fig. 11.20(b), R.W. Hertzberg, "Deformation and
Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials" (4th ed.), p. 505, John
Wiley and Sons, 1996. (Original source: Markus O. Speidel, Brown
Boveri Co.)
“held at
160ºC for 1 hr
before testing”
increasing load
crackspeed(m/s)
“as-is”
10-10
10-8
Alloy 7178 tested in
saturated aqueous NaCl
solution at 23ºC

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• Use the right material for the job.
• Understand the relation between properties,
structure, and processing.
• Recognize new design opportunities offered
by materials selection.
Course Goals:
SUMMARY