27-698 Practical Materials Characterization Laboratory

6 units, Carnegie Mellon University

This course is designed to give masters students a practical exposure to materials characterization techniques. Students will learn the theory and background of several laboratory techniques, including Scanning Electron Microscopy SEM, Xray Diffraction XRD, Atomic Force Microscopy AFM and thermal analysis techniques such at thermogravimetric analysis TGA and differential scanning calorimetry DSC. The course will consist of lectures, followed by laboratory sessions for practical use of the instrumentation. Lectures will provide the necessary background to understand how different materials characterization techniques work Lab sessions will inform the student on standard operating procedures for the techniques discussed in the lectures.

Prerequisites: none listed

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