Materials Characterisation Techniques

Code:

FIS4020

Acronym:

FIS4020

Level:

400

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Physics and Astronomy
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Physics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:A_ASTR	0	Study plan since academic year 2024/2025	1	-	6	42	162
			2
M:CTN	1	Official Study Plan since 2020_M:CTN	1	-	6	42	162
			2
M:F	4	Official Study Plan	1	-	6	42	162
			2

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Learning experimental techniques in materials science. Mastering technical analysis of the internal structure of materials. Knowing methods for determining the distribution of atomic units and molecular materials and their interaction. Get advanced training in Materials Science

Learning outcomes and competences

Obtain advanced training that enables students to learn the main concepts underlying this subject and apply them in this subject area, but also in more advanced technical applications. The program includes an introduction to key material characterization techniques so that students can objectively choose from those techniques the ones that best fit the material/device characterization concerned. The student will be able to recognize that the response of materials and devices to external parameters such as temperature, electric/magnetic field, pressure, etc. can be studied with various techniques and thus provide valuable information about the properties of condensed matter, as well as the performance of certain technologically relevant devices. In particular, students will be able to recognize the role of cryogenics, electrical/magnetic and structural/spectroscopic properties in the current context of materials studies both in academia and in companies, thus gaining important base knowledge of experimental techniques in material characterization.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Techniques for determining the elemental composition and chemical structure of phases and phase transitions, microstructural analysis, mechanical characterization, dielectric, electrical and magnetic. Infrared and Raman spectroscopies. Nuclear magnetic resonance. Optical techniques and electro-optics. Diffusion of neutrons. Studies with synchrotron radiation.

Mandatory literature

Kaufmann Elton N. 340; Characterization of materials. ISBN: 0-471-26882-8 Conjunto 2 vols.
Leng Yang; Materials characterization. ISBN: 978-0-470-82298-2
Zhang Sam; Materials characterization techniques. ISBN: 978-1-4200-4294-8
Lynch Charles T. 340; Handbook of materials science. ISBN: 0-87819-231-X Vol. 1
J.P.Araújo; Apresentações powerpoint usadas nas aulas, 2018 (Powerpoint presentation used in class)

Complementary Bibliography

Augustynski J. Jan 540; Solid materials. ISBN: 3-540-18790-1

Comments from the literature

Notes of the course

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes will be used to presenting the theoretical basis of the technique and to establishing contact with its operation and related problems with its implementation.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Prova oral	25,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	120,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence of at least 3 / 4 of theoretical and practical lessons.

Calculation formula of final grade

FM=0.5*Exam+0.25*WW+.25*OP

FM-Final mark
Exam- Mark written exam
WW-Written Work
OP-Oral Presentation

Classification improvement

Improving of mark is accomplished only by repeating exam component. Marks of other components are maintained.

Observations

Jury:
João Pedro Esteves de Araújo
João Horta e Belo
Joaquim Agostinho Moreira