Course number: Materials 204
Spring Quarter 2005, Tu &Th 9 - 10.30 am,
ESB 3407
GENERAL INFO
Instructor: Nicola Spaldin, Room 2007 MRL x7920, nicola@mrl.ucsb.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 10.30 am - noon.
Room 2007 MRL
COURSE SUMMARY
1st half:
review of elementary magnetostatics
atomic origins of magnetism
ferro-, ferri-, para-, dia- and antiferro-magnetism
modern theories of magnetism
2nd half:
magnetic phenomena; survey of magnetic materials
in technological applications
Assessment:
Grading will be determined by homework problems
(20% of the grade), two in-class "mini mid-terms" (40%), plus
an abstract (10%) and presentation (30%) on a topic of your choice
in magnetic materials.
REQUIRED TEXT
N. A. Spaldin, Magnetic materials; Fundamentals and device applications (Cambridge University Press, 2003).
For obvious reasons, photocopying the text book will be considered grounds for failing the class ;-)
RECOMMENDED TEXTS
S. Blundell, Magnetism in condensed matter (Oxford University Press, 2003)
D. Jiles, Introduction to magnetism and magnetic materials
(Chapman & Hall, 1996)
B. D. Cullity, Introduction to magnetic materials
(Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1972)
IDEAS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TOPIC:
You will be allowed 15 minutes to make your presentation.
Here is the grading scheme for your presentation (out of a possible total of 30):
Organization [8]: 2 points for a good outline/overview, 2 points for a good summary/conclusion and 4 points for the organization in between. The latter includes timing and pitching the discussion at the correct level, as well as knowing what you're going to say when
Clarity [6]: of speech (3), and of the written presentation material/overheads (3)
Level of interest [8]: to the other students (3) and to me (3), and Relevance to the course/society/something (i.e. "why are you doing this?") (2)
Knowledge [8]: Your knowledge about the topic during the presentation (4),
and in response to questions (4)
DATES AND DEADLINES
Thursday April 21st. Mid-term I in class.
Tuesday May 3rd. Presentation titles due (collected in class).
Tuesday May 17th: Abstracts due (first draft). DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SATURDAY 21st
Thursday May 19th. Mid-term II in class.
Thursday May 26th: Corrected abstracts due.
Tuesday May 31st and Thursday June 2nd. Presentations in class.
CLASS CANCELLATIONS: There will be no class on the following dates:
Tuesday April 19th (I'll be out of town)
The first four class sessions will be 90 minutes each to make up the extra time.
CLASS NOTES
Week 1:page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10
Week 2:page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10 page 11 page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17
Week 3:page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10
page
11 page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17
page
18
Week 5:page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10
Week 6:page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10
page
11 page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17
page
18 page 19
Week 7 (antiferromagnetism):page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10
page
11 page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17
page
18
Week 8 (ferrimagnetism):page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10
page
11 page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17
Week 9 (anisotropy):page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10
page
11 page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17
Week 10 (small particles):page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 8 page 9 page 10
page
11 page 12 page 13 page 14 page 15 page 16 page 17
RANDOM EXTRA NOTES
Here
is the summary of unit conversions.
Here is the
summary of M-H curves and properties for different kinds of
magnetic ordering.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
Homework 1 In
case you didn't already find them, here are the
solutions
Homework 2: Problems
3.2, 4.1 and 5.2 from the text book. Also compare your answers in 4.1 and
5.2. You should complete these problems before the first mid-term, and
check the solutions at the back of the book. You don't need to turn them
in for grading.
Homework 4: Problems 9.1 and 9.2 from
the text book. You should complete these problems before the second mid-term,
and check the solutions at the back of the book. You don't need to turn
them in for grading.
Notice that, whenever the homework is a problem out of the
text book, you'll find the solutions at the back of the book!
You should have a go at the problem yourself, and if you get stuck,
take a look at the solution, or come and ask me. Then you should attempt
the final write-up without peeping at the solutions again. The
purpose of the homework assignments is to give you some new things
to think about which we'll then discuss in class, and to give you some
practice in solving problems - obviously the points come almost for free....