This is one of the core modules for MSE students. It aims to develop your ability to describe materials? crystal structure and defects, and to understand how they affect materials? properties and performance. This course prepares MSE students for their future courses on materials properties, processing, and characterization. The principles learnt from this course will be useful for you in designing / selecting materials in your future career.
- AUs
- 3.0 AUs
- Grade Type
- None
- Prerequisite
- MS1015(Corequisite), MS1017, MS1018(Corequisite)
- Exam
- None
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Required first
MS1017Introduction to Materials ScienceMaterials Structure & Defects
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Available indexes
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | |
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| 1130 | COMMON LEC (LE) 1130-1320 Tue LT19A, ONLINE Wk1-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | ||||
| 1200 | |||||
| 1230 | |||||
| 1300 | |||||
| 1330 | |||||
| 1400 | |||||
| 1430 | 15131 TUT (T1) 1430-1520 Mon LT11, ONLINE Wk2-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | ||||
| 1500 | |||||
| 1530 | 15132 TUT (T2) 1530-1620 Mon LT11, ONLINE Wk2-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | 15133 TUT (T3) 1530-1620 Tue TR+22, ONLINE Wk2-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | |||
| 1600 | |||||
| 1630 | 15134 TUT (T4) 1630-1720 Tue TR+22, ONLINE Wk2-9,11-13, Teaching Wk10 | ||||
| 1700 |
Other offerings
Other relevant mods
- MS0003Introduction to Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
- MS1008Introduction to Computational Thinking
- MS1014Materials Chemistry II
- MS1018Properties of Materials
- MS2013Introduction to Polymer Science
- MS2018Electronics & Magnetic Properties of Materials
- MS2083Laboratory on Structure-Property Relationship in Polymers
- MS2084Phase Transformations & Kinetics in Steels
- MS3011Metals & Ceramics
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