TANCET 2021 Physics and Material Science Syllabus

Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test  ( TANCET ) Entrance Examination Syllabus For Physics & Material Science-2015:

M .E / M .TECH SYLLABUS FOR PHYSICS AND MATERIAL SCIENCE- 2015

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.