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TANCET 2013 SYLLABUS FOR ME/M.TECH Physics and Material Science

Tancet 2013 Syllabus for Physics and Material Science - TANCET 2013-2014

M.E./ M.Tech./ M.Arch./ M.Plan TANCET 2013 SYLLABUS TIME DURATION-2 Hours  

The question paper will have three parts.

Part-I and Part-II are compulsory and under Part-III the candidates

have to choose any one section out of 14 based on his/her

specialisation.    

PART 1 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (Common to all Candidates) CLICK HERE
PART 2 BASIC ENGINEERING & SCIENCES (Common to all Candidates) 

To Download BASIC ENGINEERING & SCIENCES Syllabus CLICK HERE

PART 3 Physics and Material Science

PHYSICS AND MATERIAL SCIENCE 

i)   Mechanics, Heat and Sound : Vectors – equilibrium - moment of a force – Newton’s laws of motion – gravitation – work – energy – power  – Impulse and momentum – collitions – recoil.  Thermometry of thermal expansion – calorimetry and specific heats – transfer for heat – thermal process of matter -  Law and processes of thermodynamics - Applications. Travelling waves – oscillations – spring – simple pendulum – forced oscillations – resonance – sound waves –Acoustic Phenomena and its applications- Doppler effect.

ii)  Light and Properties of Matter : The nature and propagation of light – reflection of refraction at plane surfaces – interference – diffraction – polarisation.   Elasticity – Stress-strain diagram -- hydrostatics – Pressure in a fluid – Pumps – Archimede’s principle – Surface tension – Contact angle – Capillarity -    hydrodynamics -  Bernoulli’s equation – Applications and viscosity – Poiseuille’s law – 

Stokes law – Reynolds number. 

iii)  Electricity and Magnetism : Coloumb’s law – Gauss’s law –  Applications - electrostatic potential – 

capacitors – dielectrics - current – resistance – emf – Kirchoff’s law – thermo electric effect – applications. 

Magnetism - magnetic effects of current – motion of charge particles in magnetic field – cyclotron – 

magnetic forces on current carrying conductor – Hall effect – electromagnetic induction –Faraday’s law – 

Lenz’s law – eddy current – Inductance – mutual and self inductance – magnetic properties of matters – 

diamagnetism – paramagnetism – ferromagnetism - domains– Hysteresis - alternating current – circuits 

containing resistance, inductance or capacitance – transformer. 

iv)  Modern physics : Emission and absorption of light – thermionic emission – photoelectric effect – 

atomic spectra - atom models –   molecular spectra – dual nature of matter and radiation – nuclear 

structure – properties – natural radioactivity – nuclear stability - nuclear reactions – fission – fusion – 

fundamental particles – high energy physics.

v)   Solid State Electronics : Structure and bonding in solids - properties of solids – semiconductors – 

intrinsic – extrinsic – PN junction – diode characteristics – Zener diode – LED, laser diode – Photodiode – 

Transistor – action and characteristics – amplifier – oscillator – basic logic gates.

vi)   Electron theory of solids:  Classical free electron theory – density of states- electron in a periodic 

potential – origin of energy band gap – electrical conductivity – thermal conductivity – Widemann-Franz 

law  21

vii)  Dielectric and magnetic materials:  Different types of polarisation – Internal field – Clausius- 

Mosotti equation- dielectric breakdown- applications of dielectric materials – Different types of magnetic 

materials – domain theory of ferromagnetism – hysteresis -  hard and soft magnetic materials- 

applications of magnetic materials. 

viii)  Superconducting  materials:  General properties of superconducting materials – Meissner effect 

– types of superconductors – Hi Tc 

 superconductors- applications 

ix)   Nanomaterials:  Preparation – properties – applications – Carbon nanotubes.