As per the syllabus of Anna UniversityThis book is a sequel to the author’s Engineering Physics, Part I and is written to address the course curriculum in Engineering Physics-II of the B.Tech syllabus of the Anna University. The book is designed to serve the needs of the first-year undergraduate students of all branches of engineering. It provides a sound understanding of the important phenomena in physics.
The book exposes the students to fundamental knowledge in areas of :
Properties of metals; Drude–Lorentz theory of metals; Wiedemann–Franz law; Lorentz number; Quantum free electron theory; Band theory of solids.
Properties of semiconducting materials; compound semiconductors; Hall effect in semiconductors.
Magnetic behaviour of materials and their classification into diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials; explanation of hysteresis; hard and soft magnetic materials.
Phenomenon of superconductivity, properties and types of superconductors; BCS theory of superconductivity; normal and superconducting tunnelling; applications of superconductors.
Properties of dielectric materials; types of polarization, dielectric losses; dielectric breakdown; applications of dielectric materials; ferroelectric materials.
Properties of metallic glasses; introduction to nanomaterials and their applications; properties of carbon nanotubes and their applications; shape memory alloys; properties of biomaterials.
Key Features
Numerous worked-out examples in text to give students a sound understanding of the subject.
Chapter-end summary for quick revision of the important results.
Chapter-end short and long answer questions to stimulate discussion on the major themes in the chapter.
Chapter-end numerical problems with answers to help students assess their progress and familiarize them with many of the types of questions set in exams.About the AuthorK. RAJAGOPAL (PhD) is Professor and Head of the Department of Physics, Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli. He received his M.Sc. degree in physics from Madras University and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in the field of nonlinear optics. He has more than twenty-eight years experience of teaching physics to undergraduate engineering students.
Dr. Rajagopal has published more than fifty research papers in reputed national/international journals.
Dr. Rajagopal research interests include neurophysics, ultrasonics and nonlinear optics. His name has been included in the twenty-seventh edition (1999) of Dictionary of International Biography published by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, as well as in Who’s Who in the World, 15th edition, 1998, published by Marquis Publishers, USA.
Dr. Rajagopal has been selected as one of the 2000 outstanding intellectuals of 21st century 2011 by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.
