Single crystalline, polycrystalline and amorphous materials – single crystals: unit cell, crystal systems, Bravais lattices, directions and planes in a crystal, Miller indices – inter-planar distances - coordination number and packing factor for SC, BCC, FCC, HCP structures; Crystal imperfections –point, line, surface and volume imperfections.

Black body radiation – Planck’s theory (derivation) – Deduction of Wien’s displacement law and Rayleigh – Jean’s Law from Planck’s theory –– Properties of Matter waves –Physical significance of wave function-Schrödinger’s wave equations: Time independent and time dependent equations–Particle in a one dimensional box–Electron microscope-Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) -Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM).

Elasticity – Stress-strain diagram and its uses - factors affecting elastic modulus and tensile strength – torsional stress and deformations – twisting couple - torsion pendulum: theory and experiment - bending of beams - bending moment – cantilever: theory and experiment –uniform and non-uniform bending: theory and experiment - I-shaped girders

Conductors: classical free electron theory (Lorentz –Drude theory) – electrical conductivity. Superconductors: definition – Meissner effect – type I & II superconductors – BCS theory. Nanomaterials: introduction and properties – synthesis – top-down process: Ball milling method -bottom-up approach: Physical Vapour deposition – applications.

Introduction- Types of defects-Methods of NDT-Visual inspection- Liquid/Dye penetrant testing-Magnetic particle testing-Eddy current testing-Ultrasonic inspection method-Advantages-X-Ray radiography- X-ray fluoroscopy-Comparison of conventional and real time radiography.