Metal matrix composites In the last few years a significant increase in applications of MMCs has taken place particularly in the areas of automotive aerospace electronics and recreation. These include continuous fiber reinforced MMCs for cables in power transmission high temperature superconducting wires particulate MMCs in civilian aircraft and automotive applications and high volume fraction high thermal conductivity substrates for electronic packaging. Nevertheless as with any novel material systems there is a lack of fundamental understanding on the part of practicing engineers and designers. This book would seek to address these issues in a thorough and cohesive manner as well as to provide students and scientists with a basic understanding of MMCs. This book will emphasize the synergistic relationships among processing structure and properties of metal matrix composites.