Undergraduate Course: Advanced Materials Physics (PHYS11054)

Course Outline
School	School of Physics and Astronomy	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Advanced Materials Physics will cover High Energy Density Physics: The properties of matter at high pressure, temperature, and density. Most of the normal matter in the universe exists at such conditions, contained in the interiors of stars and planets. Such conditions also occur during explosion, impact, and in nuclear energy systems. The course emphasizes the nature of high-pressure and high-temperature phenomena and their origin in basic physical principles. We will discuss the transformation of simple materials subjected to extreme conditions, high-pressure crystal structures, the nature of molecules at high density, plasmas and electronic transformations.
Course description	* Simple solids under hydrostatic compression * Nonlinear elasticity * Solid-solid phase transitions; crystal structures of high-pressure phases; coordination, bonding changes * Thermodynamics of phase transitions; Clausius-Clapeyron relation; Enthalpy and Gibbs energy criteria * Insulator-metal transitions; high-pressure electrides * Molecules at high density; ordering; polymerization * Thermal effects from absolute zero to high temperature * Melting; liquids at high density; normal vs. re-entrant melting curves * Shock waves; Rankine-Hugoniot equations * The plasma state; ionization; degenerate matter * Practical equations-of-state

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Thermal Physics (PHYS09061) It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Solid State Physics (PHYS10095) AND Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics (PHYS10099)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None
High Demand Course?	Yes

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 12, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Online Activities 2, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Revision Session Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 70 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching)	not entered
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	20% Oral assignment 30% Written assignment 50% Degree Examination All components are mandatory
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Advanced Materials Physics		2:00

Academic year 2015/16, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 5
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 12, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Online Activities 2, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Revision Session Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 70 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	20% Oral assignment 30% Written assignment 50% Degree Examination All components are mandatory
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Advanced Materials Physics		2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of extreme conditions in a thermodynamic framework. Discuss the nature of structural phase changes. Draw and interpret phase diagrams of simple materials over large range of conditions. Explain the origin and consequences of nonlinear elasticity. Derive the physics of shock waves from first principles.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information	Total Hours: 100 (Lecture Hours 12, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Online Activities 2, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Revision Session Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 70)
Keywords	AdMatPh