Physical Foundations of Materials Science
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 27, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9783540401391
Subjects: Materials science; Engineering - General; Metallurgy; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Material Science; Alloys; Crystals; Defects; Diffusion; Elaticity; Grain Growth; Metals; Microstructure; Phase Transformations; Physics; Plastic Deformation; Solid State; Solidification; Technology / Material Science
First sentence: When we buy a commercial product what we first note is its function and its appearance as, for example, the precious look of a noble metal, the engine of an automobile, the rope of a bridge, the wire of an electrical cable, the heat absorbing panes of a modern building, or the decorative ceramic and metallic parts of a modern bathroom.
Description: "In this 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 to materials science. Dozens of illustrative photographs, many of them Transmission Electron Microscopy images, plus line drawings, and developing a appreciation of this complex topic."--BOOK JACKET.