# Nature and Properties of Materials - An Introductory Course

- Institution: IIT Kanpur
- Department: Metallurgy and Material Science
- Teacher: Prof. Ashish Garg
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104076)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/113104076)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The course is first part of the broader course on Introduction to Nature of materials and would be suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of every branch of science and engineering. The first part of this course will focus on essentials of crystallography, crystal structures of different classes of materials, structure determination and defects in materials.

Intended audience: UG and PG students of science and engineering of non-materials related background.PREREQUISITES: 12th standard science background

## Lectures

1. [Lecture 1: Material Evolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/1b4320d70298) (YouTube)
2. [Lecture 2: Bonding in Materials](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/f52ed896ff0d) (YouTube)
3. [Lecture 3: Correlation between Bond and Physical Properties](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/b668e579959a) (YouTube)
4. [Lecture 4: Crystal Structure: Lattice and Basis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/2f4a3eb82d54) (YouTube)
5. [Lecture 5: Unit Cell (Primitive and Non-primitive)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/4469c17862ac) (YouTube)
6. [Lecture 6: Crystal Systems and Bravais Lattices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/301f7c5bc2f4) (YouTube)
7. [Lecture 7: Bravais Lattices and Symmetry in Crystals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/0c5e6d80e4ac) (YouTube)
8. [Lecture 8: Symmetry in Crystals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/77fab0a8e45b) (YouTube)
9. [Lecture 9: Symmetry and Correlation with the Bravais Lattice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/fa46da5feaee) (YouTube)
10. [Lecture 10: Miller Indices (Planes and Directions)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/f51a43962b73) (YouTube)
11. [Lecture 11: Miller Indices Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/b214b23be8b8) (YouTube)
12. [Lecture 12: Miller Indices Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/d04770324232) (YouTube)
13. [Lecture 13: Miller Indices and Weiss Zone Law](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/fc15062b58b9) (YouTube)
14. [Lecture 14: Structure of Metals and Alloys](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/abf91a695505) (YouTube)
15. [Lecture 15: Structure of Metals, Packing, Coordination and Interstices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/42210c9e4237) (YouTube)
16. [Lecture 16: Interstices, Solid Solutions and Alloys](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/d230663233cf) (YouTube)
17. [Lecture 17: Solid Solutions: Alloys](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/f9c53afc3943) (YouTube)
18. [Lecture 18: Solid Solutions: Alloys (contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/6887434ebbfc) (YouTube)
19. [Lecture 19: Covalent Solids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/c61ae117d250) (YouTube)
20. [Lecture 20: Covalent Solids (contd.) and Ionic Solids](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/d3ff304684d6) (YouTube)
21. [Lecture 21: Ionic Solid and Rules of Formation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/75061cd6cf20) (YouTube)
22. [Lecture 22: Ionic Solids (contd.): Formation of Structure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/6b19bc8952a7) (YouTube)
23. [Lecture 23: Ionic Solids (contd.): Close Packing of Anions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/4f26aa35b804) (YouTube)
24. [Lecture 24: Ionic Solids (contd.): Other Cubic Structures](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/1d3c00ce09c5) (YouTube)
25. [Lecture 25: Ionic Solids (Ceramics): Remaining Cubic and Non-cubic Structures](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/0d0cbb894558) (YouTube)
26. [Lecture 26: HCP Based Structure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/e3ac026b4085) (YouTube)
27. [Lecture 27: Structure of Non-crystalline Solids: Glasses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/17e7942244ab) (YouTube)
28. [Lecture 28: Structure of Non-crystalline Solids: Glasses (contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/eca476c7da61) (YouTube)
29. [Lecture 29: Structure of Non-crystalline Solids: Polymers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/15af8c494f57) (YouTube)
30. [Lecture 30: Structure of Polymers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/569734cbd679) (YouTube)
31. [Lecture 31: Structure of Polymers (contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/7cf169ba9067) (YouTube)
32. [Lecture 32: Structure Determination: X-ray Diffraction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/2075e4548d3d) (YouTube)
33. [Lecture 33: X-ray Diffraction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/95daf6bc0cbe) (YouTube)
34. [Lecture 34: X-ray Diffraction (contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/82f45a7e431f) (YouTube)
35. [Lecture 35: X-ray Diffraction (contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/cfa90eb6b3e1) (YouTube)
36. [Lecture 36: X-ray Diffraction (contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/5866f57bbcd4) (YouTube)
37. [Lecture 37: X-ray Diffraction (contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/827fdee69590) (YouTube)
38. [Lecture 38: Defects in Solids (Point Defects)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/c2be52f9a409) (YouTube)
39. [Lecture 39: Point Defect Concentration](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/45b9d177bbfc) (YouTube)
40. [Lecture 40: 2-D Defects](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/113104076/8708c0e2281e) (YouTube)