| CODE | ENR3101 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Properties and Applications of Electrical and Electronic Materials | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Electrical Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | 1. Classification of Materials; Distinguish between Conductors, Semiconductors and Insulators 2. Conducting materials; General Properties and their applications. 3. Semiconducting materials; General Properties and their applications. 4. Insulating materials; General Properties and their applications. 5. Magnetic Materials Types of magnetic materials, Ferromagnetic materials; General Properties and applications, Ferrimagnetic materials; General Properties and applications. 6. Optical Fibres. Study-unit Aims: The main objective of this study-unit is to give the students basic knowledge on the materials that electrical and electronic engineers may encounter in industry. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Understand charge behavior in different materials. - Classify the materials based on energy band theory. - Select suitable materials according to their electrical properties and the required application. - Understand the difference between the various magnetic effects. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Evaluate and characterise electrical properties of a materials. - Select suitable materials according to their electrical properties and the application at hand. - Distinguish between the various magnetic effects and their respective applications. - Understand the response to electric and magnetic fields of conductors, semiconductors and insulators. - Research and obtain information on specified topics. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Ian P. Jones. Materials Science for Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Oxford University Press, 2001. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michael Galea |
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