Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
What Is Materials Science and Engineering? Classification of Materials. Functional Classification of Materials. Classification of Materials Based on Structure. Environmental and Other Effects. Materials Design and Selection.
2. ATOMIC STRUCTURE.
The Structure of Materials: Technological Relevance. The Structure of the Atom. The Electronic Structure of the Atom. The Periodic Table. Atomic Bonding. Binding Energy and Interatomic Spacing. The Many Forms of Carbon: Relationships Between Arrangements of Atoms and Materials Properties.
3. ATOMIC AND IONIC ARRANGEMENTS.
Short-Range Order versus Long-Range Order. Amorphous Materials. Lattice, Basis, Unit Cells, and Crystal Structures. Allotropic or Polymorphic Transformations. Points, Directions, and Planes in the Unit Cell. Interstitial Sites. Crystal Structures of Ionic Materials. Covalent Structures. Diffraction Techniques for Crystal Structure Analysis.
4. IMPERFECTIONS IN THE ATOMIC AND LONIC ARRANGEMENT.
Point Defects. Other Point Defects. Dislocations. Significance of Dislocations. Schmid’s Law. Influence of Crystal Structure. Surface Defects. Importance of Defects.
5. ATOM AND ION MOVEMENTS IN MATERIALS.
Applications of Diffusion. Stability of Atoms and Ions. Mechanisms for Diffusion. Activation Energy for Diffusion. Rate of Diffusion [Fick’s First Law]. Factors Affecting Diffusion. Permeability of Polymers. Composition Profile [Fick’s Second Law]. Diffusion and Materials Processing.
6. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: PART ONE.
Technological Significance. Terminology for Mechanical Properties. The Tensile Test: Use of the Stress Strain Diagram. Properties Obtained from the Tensile Test. True Stress and True Strain. The Bend Test for Brittle Materials. Hardness of Materials. Nanoindentation. Strain Rate Effects and Impact Behavior. Properties Obtained from the Impact Test. Bulk Metallic Glasses and Their Mechanical Behavior. Mechanical Behavior at Small Length Scales. Rheology of Liquids.
7. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: PART TWO.
Fracture Mechanics. The Importance of Fracture Mechanics. Microstructural Features of Fracture in Metallic Material. Microstructural Features of Fracture in Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites. Weibull Statistics for Failure Strength Analysis. Fatigue. Results of the Fatigue Test. Application of Fatigue Testing. Creep, Stress Rupture, and Stress Corrosion. Evaluation of Creep Behavior. Use of Creep Data.
8. STRAIN HARDENING AND ANNEALING.
Relationship of Cold Working to the Stress Strain Curve. Strain-Hardening Mechanisms. Properties versus Percent Cold Work. Microstructure, Texture Strengthening, and Residual Stresses. Characteristics of Cold Working. The Three Stages of Annealing. Control of Annealing. Annealing and Materials Processing. Hot Working.
9. PRINCIPLES OF SOLIDIFICATION.
Technological Significance. Nucleation. Applications of Controlled Nucleation. Growth Mechanisms. Solidification Time and Dendrite Size. Cooling Curves. Cast Structure. Solidification Defects. Casting Processes for Manufacturing Component. Continuous Casting and Ingot Casting. Directional Solidification [DS], Single Crystal Growth, and Epitaxial Growth. Solidification of Polymers and Inorganic Glasses. Joining of Metallic Materials.
10. SOLID SOLUTIONS AND PHASE EQUILIBRIUM.
Phases and the Phase Diagram. Solubility and Solid Solutions. Conditions for Unlimited Solid Solubility. Solid-Solution Strengthening. Isomorphous Phase Diagrams. Relationship Between Properties and the Phase Diagram. Solidification of a Solid-Solution Alloy. Nonequilibrium Solidification and Segregation.
11. DISPERSION STRENGTHENING AND EUTECTIC PHASE DIAGRAMS.
Principles and Examples of Dispersion Strengthening. Intermetallic Compounds. Phase Diagrams Containing Three-Phase Reactions. The Eutectic Phase Diagram. Strength of Eutectic Alloys. Eutectics and Materials Processing. Nonequilibrium Freezing in the Eutectic System. Nanowires and the Eutectic Phas

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Dr. Donald R. Askeland joined the University of Missouri-Rolla (now the Missouri University of Science and Technology) in 1970 after obtaining his Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from the University of Michigan. His primary interest is teaching, which has resulted in a variety of campus, university and industry awards as well as the development of this well-respected text. Dr. Askeland is also active in research involving metals casting and metals joining. His focus is primarily in the production, treatment and joining of cast irons, gating and fluidity of aluminum alloys and optimization of casting processes. Additional work has concentrated on lost foam casting, permanent mold casting and investment casting. Much of his work is interdisciplinary, providing data for creating computer models and validation of such models. Dr. Wendelin Wright is a professor at Bucknell University with a joint appointment in the departments of mechanical engineering and chemical engineering. She received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Stanford University. Dr. Wright previously served as a faculty member at Santa Clara University. Her research interests focus on the mechanical behavior of materials, particularly those of metallic glasses. She is the recipient of the 2003 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching (Stanford University's highest teaching honor), a 2005 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and a 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Dr. Wright is a licensed professional engineer in metallurgy in California and a fellow of ASM International.

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