Principles of Materials Science and EngineeringThis new edition provides a broad overview of the structure, properties, and processing of engineering materials. Most importantly, up-to-date coverage dealing with materials used in today's engineering environment is included. The general organization of the text logically fits materials sciencescourses and is especially helpful as an early introduction to electrical properties. This edition boasts many new illustrations which will help students visualise and reinforce the concepts presented. |
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INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING | 1 |
ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND BONDING | 19 |
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activation energy alloy aluminum alloy annealed anode applications atoms austenite Calculate carriers cathode ceramic materials chains chemical composition compounds concentration cooling copper corrosion covalent bonds crack crystal structure crystalline cubic density diffraction diffusion dipole direction dislocation ductile electrical conductivity electrical resistivity elements equation equilibrium eutectic eutectoid Example Problem extrinsic semiconductors FCC crystal structure ferrite ferromagnetic fibers FIGURE fracture glass grain boundaries heat holes hydrogen impurity increase indicated ingots insulator interstitial ionic ions lattice constant liquid m²/s magnetic material martensite mechanical microstructure mold molecules n-type nucleation oxide pearlite phase diagram plain-carbon steel plastic deformation polyethylene polymer polymerization produced radius reaction region resins resistance room temperature Schematic semiconductor shown in Fig single crystal slip planes solid solution solidification specimen strain surface Table tensile strength thermoplastics thermosetting transistor unit cell valence electrons weight percent x-ray zinc