Topic: 1. Introduction & atomic structure | Engineering Materials Lecture Materials and Resources

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The main lectures for this unit are presented as lecture summaries. They are presentation slides which summarise the lecture content discussed in the on-campus lectures. They include an audio commentary and written notes. You should use these presentations as your primary learning resource.

As well as working through the lecture summaries, you can also watch short videos taken from campus lectures, which cover all the content.

Note that there are either two or three lecture summaries for most weeks, and a number of lecture videos.

The lecture summaries are presented in several difference ways to suit your needs:

- Streamed from the UniSA servers. You must be connected to the internet to play this format. How quickly the lecture summary will load and start playing will depend on the strength of your internet connection and on which browser you are using (for example, Chrome tends to load faster than IE or Firefox). The presentations will play in your web browser.
- Downloadable to play when not connected to the internet. These are in the form of zip files, which you must download. Then unzip the zip folder, and extract the files (this is very important). You will be able to play the index.html file in your web browser.
- Slides and notes. You can also download a printable .pdf version of the lecture summary notes and slides.

Lecture Videos

<img src="https://lo.unisa.edu.au/brokenfile.php#/75698/user/draft/440020898/New%20button%20blue.png" width="15" height="15" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 3px; float: left;" />If you wish to, you can watch the following videos of lectures given on campus in 2104 (these may help you to understand the concepts covered in the lecture summaries).

They are streamed through YouTube, or you can download the mp4 video files to play offline:

1a. <a href="http://youtu.be/AMMHBh_LzqQ" target="_blank">Introduction to materials</a> (<a href="https://lo.unisa.edu.au/pluginfile.php/417412/mod_folder/content/0/1a%20Intro%20to%20Materials.mp4?forcedownload=1" target="_blank">Downloadable file </a>43 MB)

1b. <a href="http://youtu.be/aJefFB3CPdc" target="_blank">Chemical bonding</a> (<a href="https://lo.unisa.edu.au/pluginfile.php/417412/mod_folder/content/0/1b%20Chemical%20Bonding.mp4?forcedownload=1">Downloadable file</a> 23 MB)

1c. <a href="http://youtu.be/RxC3qSjl4rM" target="_blank">Why units matter</a> (<a href="https://lo.unisa.edu.au/pluginfile.php/417412/mod_folder/content/0/1c%20Why%20Units%20Matter.mp4?forcedownload=1">Downloadable file</a> 2 MB)

1d. <a href="http://youtu.be/Gh3dW9qmxV0" target="_blank">Revision</a> (<a href="https://lo.unisa.edu.au/pluginfile.php/417412/mod_folder/content/0/1d%20Revision.mp4?forcedownload=1" target="_blank">Downloadable file</a> 4 MB)

1e. <a href="http://youtu.be/H7voAyJgoX0" target="_blank">Crystal structure</a> (<a href="https://lo.unisa.edu.au/pluginfile.php/417412/mod_folder/content/0/1e%20Crystal%20Stucture.mp4?forcedownload=1">Downloadable file</a> 109 MB)

1f. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azWyta-EZ2s" target="_blank">Crystallography</a> (<a href="https://lo.unisa.edu.au/pluginfile.php/417412/mod_folder/content/0/1f%20Crystallography.mp4?forcedownload=1" target="_blank">Downloadable file</a> 15 MB)

If you wish to, you can watch the following videos of lectures given on campus in 2014 (these may help you to understand the concepts covered in the lecture summaries).

They are streamed through YouTube, or you can download the mp4 video files to play offline:

Introduction to materials (33 mins); Chemical bonding (18 mins); Why units matter (2 mins)

You can download any of the videos for Module 1

You can also watch a playlist of all the videos for Module 1 (90 mins) (streamed through YouTube)

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Topic outline

1. Introduction & atomic structure

Lecture Summary 1a - Introduction to Materials

Lecture Summary 1b - Atomic Structure

Lecture Summary 1c - Atomic bonding

Lecture Videos