Course Objectives
- Help the students to understand of Electrical materials and their characteristics.
- Electrical materials application in electrical equipment.
- Teach the student the physical bases of the superconductivity of some materials.
- Teach the student the characteristics of Conductors, semiconductors and dielectric
- Teach the student the magnetic and optical properties of materials
Intended Learning Outcome
:By the end of this course the student should be able
(1) Knowledge and Understanding
- understand the concepts of elementary material science and quantum physics
- understand the phenomenon of electrical conduction in solids
- understand the characteristics of dielectric materials and insulation
- understand the characteristics of magnetic materials and know its properties and understand the phenomenon of superconductivity
- understands the characteristics of Semiconductor Materials
(2) Intellectual Skills
- Compare between dia-magnetic material, paramagnetic material and ferromagnetic material.
- Select appropriate solution to calculate charge, capacity, energy stored of the condenser, potential gradient in the dielectric, flux density, field.
- intensity and relative permeability State the factors affecting on insulating material selection.
(3) Professional Skills
- Specify and evaluate model the material by FEM package
- Specify and evaluate the process of polarization of a dielectric material
Course Content
- Classification of electrical engineering materials and inter atomic bonds
- Conductivity, resistivity and factors affecting resistivity of electrical conductors
- Classification of conducting materials and superconductivity
- Low and high resistivity materials and their applications
- Properties of materials for high conductivity and for heating devices
- Semi-conductor materials and applications - Materials used for electronic components
- Properties of insulating materials
- Electrical properties: Dielectric resistance, capacitance, strength, constant
- Visual properties, mechanical, thermal and Chemical properties. Applications: Plastics, natural insulating materials and gaseous materials
- Classification of magnetic materials- Application and Requirements of permanent magnets.
