Physical Foundations of Materials Science
By: by Günter Gottstein
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9783642072710; 9783662092910
Subjects: Engineering; Crystallography; Materials
Description: In this vivid and comprehensible introduction to materials science, the author expands the modern concepts of metal physics to formulate basic theory applicable to other engineering materials, such as ceramics and polymers. Written for engineering students and working engineers with little previous knowledge of solid-state physics, this textbook enables the reader to study more specialized and fundamental literature of materials science. Dozens of illustrative photographs, many of them Transmission Electron Microscopy images, plus line drawings, aid developing a firm appreciation of this complex topic. Hard-to-grasp terms such as "textures" are lucidly explained - not only the phenomenon itself, but also its consequences for the material properties. This excellent book makes materials science more transparent.
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Table of contents: title: Microstructure; title: Atomic Structure of Solids; title: Crystal Defects; title: Alloys; title: Diffusion; title: Mechanical Properties; title: Alloys; title: Diffusion; title: Mechanical Properties; title: Recovery, Recrystallization, Grain Growth; title: Solidification; title: Solid State Phase Transformations; title: Physical Properties.