302758 (v.2) Physics of Materials 402

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Area:	Department of Applied Physics
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
Lecture:	2 x 2 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s):	Admission: to the Physics honours program.
Syllabus:	Topics drawn from - structure of selected materials - steels, polymers, ceramics, stabilised zirconia. Characterisation techniques - XRD, SEM, thermal techniques. Properties - wear mechanisms and relationship to structure.