GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
DIELECTRIC PHYSICS/6181302
Course Title: DIELECTRIC PHYSICS
Credits 3 ECTS 7.5
Semester 1 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc.Prof. Dr. Adem TATAROGLU
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.gazi.edu.tr/~ademt
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  ademt@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
-To gain knowledge and skills about the dielectric properties of materials
-To learn about experimental methods of the dielectric spectroscopy







 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  INTRODUCTION INTO THE PHYSICS OF DIELECTRIC - Defination and General Relations - Dipole Moment - Induced Dipole Moment - Dipole Moment of a Sphe
2. Week  - Laplace’s Equation - Band Theory of Solids - Polarization and Static Dielectric Constant
3. Week  MECHANISM OF POLARIZATION - Electronic Polarization - Atomic and Ionic Polarization - Orientational Polarization
4. Week  - Spontaneous Polarization - Space Charge Polarization - Hopping and Interfacial Polarization
5. Week  CLASSIFICATION OF DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - Nonferroelectric Materials (Normal Dielectric or Paraelectric Materials) - Nonpolar Materials - Polar Mat
6. Week  INTERNAL FIELDS - Local fields for Nondipolar Materials - The Reaction Field for Dipolar Materials - The Clausius-Massotti Equation - The Lorentz
7. Week  - MIDTERM EXAM
8. Week  - The Onsager Equation - The Kirkwood Equation - The Fröhlich Equation
9. Week  THE THEORY OF DIELECTRIC RELAXATION - Complex Permittivity - The Cole-Cole Equation - The Cole-Cole Plot - The Davidson-Cole Equation
10. Week  - Dielectric Susceptibility - Distribution of Relaxation Times - The Kramers-Kronig Equations
11. Week  DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES - Dielectric Constant - Dielectric Loss and Conductivity - Dielectric Loss Faktor (Angle)
12. Week  - AC Electrical Conductivity - Dielectric Modulus - The effect of DC Conductivity
13. Week   MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES OF DIELECTRIC CONSTANT - Equivalent Circuits
14. Week  - Frequency Dependence of Dielectric Constant
15. Week  - Temperature Dependence of Dielectric Constant
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  - A. Jhonsher, Dielectric Relaxation of Solids, Chelsea Dielectric Press, London, 1996. - A. Chelkowski, Dielectric Physics, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Tokyo, 1980. - H.Froehlich, Theory of dielectric:Dielectric Constant and Dielectric Loss Clarendon Printed; 2nd edition, 1989. - G.G. Raju, Dielectrics in Electric Fields, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, 2003. - K.C. Kao, Dielectric Phenomena in Solids, Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, 2004.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  None
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
14
3
42
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
14
4
56
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
2
28
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
20
20
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
1
22
22
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
188
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
7.52
 ECTS: 
7.5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X