<p>Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, seven hours. Enforced requisite: course 104. Modern methods of materials characterization; fundamentals of crystallography, properties of X rays, X-ray scattering; powder method, Laue method; determination of crystal structures; phase diagram determination; high-resolution X-ray diffraction methods; X-ray spectroscopy; design of materials characterization procedures. Letter grading.</p>

Materials Science and Engineering

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Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Materials engineering is concerned with the design, fabrication, and optimal selection of engineering materials that must simultaneously fulfill dimensional, property, quality control, and economic requirements.

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Introduction to Materials Characterization A (Crystal Structure, Nanostructures, and X-Ray Scattering)

MAT SCI 110

4 units