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Course Title

Solid State Physics-I

Course Code

PHYS-471

Credit Hours

3 (3+0) (Lecture + Lab)

Pre-Requisite

PHYS-352

Course Duration

16 Week (one Semester)

Offered for

Semester-7 (BS-4 years)

Year

2015-16 61435-35:H)

Class Times

10-12am  (Sunday) 9-10am Monday

Course Description

Different states of matter, classification of solids, crystal structure (Bravais lattices  Miller indices), Methods of determination of crystal structure (X-ray diffraction, electron and neutron diffraction), crystal defects, crystal binding (inter atomic forces, types crystal bonds), lattice dynamics (crystal vibration modes and phonons), thermal properties of insulators (specific heat of insulators: classical model, Einstein's model, Debye model,-thermal conductivity of insulators),Dependence of thermal conductivity on temperature, free electron theory ( classical model of free electron, Fermi gas of free electrons, Maxwell- Boltzmann distribution, Fermi-Dirac distribution function), band theory (zone theory and tight binding theory).

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