Teaching Scheme Examination scheme Lectures: 3 hours/week End semester exam (ESE): 60 marks Duration of ESE: 03 hours Internal Sessional Exams (ISE): 40 marks
Unit-I: Environmental Science No. of Lectures: 08 Hours, Marks: 12
a) Energy Sources (Non-conventional): Introduction to non-conventional energy sources, Solar cell (Principle, Construction, Working and Characteristics), Wind energy - Wind Mill, Biogas and Biomass (Brief explanation about way of harnessing or utilization, advantages), Advantages of non-conventional energy. b) Energy Sources (Conventional): Introduction to Nuclear Fission, Fusion, Chain reaction, Multiplication factor, Nuclear Reactor (with diagram and working), Numericals. Unit-II: Laser and Fiber Optics No. of Lectures: 08 Hours, Marks: 12 a) Laser: Introduction, Laser beam characteristics – Coherence, Directionality, Intensity, Monochromaticity, Mechanism of laser–Stimulated absorption, Spontaneous emission, Stimulated emission, Laser terminology – Active medium, Population, Population inversion, Pumping and Metastable state. Types of laser – Gas laser (He-Ne laser), Nd-yag laser, Applications of laser, Holography – Introduction, Principle of holography, recording of 3D images using hologram, Reconstruction of 3D images, Comparison with ordinary photography. b) Fiber Optics: Structure of optical fibre. Principle of optical fibre. Propagation mechanism in optical fibre – Angle of acceptance, Numerical aperture, Critical angle, Optical fibre communication system (only diagram), Advantages of optical fibre, Applications of optical fibre. Unit-III: Crystallography and X-rays No. of Lectures: 08 Hours, Marks: 12 a) Crystallography: Introduction, Space lattice – Translation vectors, the basis and crystal structure, Unit cell and Lattice parameters, Bravais lattices, the cubic crystal – The Simple Cube (SC), Body Centered Cube (BCC), Important parameters of cubic lattice – Number of atoms per unit cell, Co-ordination number, Atomic radius, packing density or Packing factor, Calculation of lattice constant. Miller indices – Rules for finding miller indices, Important features of miller indices, Miller indices for cubic crystal, Numericals.
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