Materials Properties Measurements II

Catalog description

Materials powder characterization, compaction and densification techniques, density measurements, micro structural evaluation, thermal and electrical properties of materials. ENGR 421 Materials Properties Measurement II (4) Materials property measurement II introduces students to experimental procedures in the determination of thermal properties (heat transfer/conduction and thermal expansion) and electrical properties (resistance and dielectric measurements) of materials through demonstrations and experiments. Lectures provide a theoretical understanding of the characterization techniques and provide information for the design and interpretation of experimental results. This laboratory complements lectures in materials characterization, materials processing and materials design courses allowing students to apply theoretical knowledge to experimental processes. Students gain hands-on knowledge of testing equipment and experience in data acquisition and interpretation. Students gain experience in the processing of material (powder characterization, consolidation, and densification), the analysis of material microstructures and investigations of structure property relationships.