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    • Introduction to Inorganic Materials . MATRL 218

    Structures of inorganic materials: close-packing, linking of simple polyhedra. Factors that control structure: ionic radii, covalency, ligand field effects, metal- metal bonding, electron/atom ratios. Structure property relationships in e.g. spinels, garnets, perovskites, rutiles, fluorites, zeolites, b-aluminas, graphites, common inorganic glasses.

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    Ram Seshadri
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    Professor Ram has been my favorite professor so far. He has reminded me why I loved chemistry in the first place! His lectures are very straightforward, and he takes things at a nice pace. Does a great job at incorporating real world examples that are relevant to college students interests. Keeps lectures interesting! His tests are also very fair.

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    Took for 3C. Best professor I've had at UCSB. Genuinely cares about us and tests are reasonable+ fairly graded. So funny and loves chemistry. Found a way to bring up food and food chemistry every lecture. Great guy who will go out of his way to help us. 10/10

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