MSE 210V: Crystal Structure and Bonding

2016-17

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour

Catalog page 338

Prerequisites: graduate standing in Materials Science and Engineering or consent of instructor

Description: Covers regular and irregular arrays of points and spheres. Includes lattices (direct and reciprocal), crystallographic point and space groups, and atomic structures. Also addresses bonding in molecules and solids, ionic Pauling rules, and covalent and metallic bonding. Surveys the structure of elements, compounds, minerals, and polymers.

Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of MSE 210 or MSE 210V.