Materials Science and Design for Engineers -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Contents in Brief -- Table of Contents -- Table of Contents -- Part One: Fundamentals of Materials Science & Engineering -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- WHY STUDY MATERIALS SCIENCE AND DESIGN? -- WHAT PROPERTIES DETERMINE PERFORMANCE OF A MATERIAL? -- WHAT CHOICES ARE AVAILABLE IN MATERIALS? -- WHAT ARE RECENT ADVANCES IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND DESIGN? -- WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF MATERIALS IN TODAY'S SOCIETY? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Chapter 2: Atomic Bonding and Structure of Materials -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- HOW ARE ATOMS ARRANGED IN METALS AND MATERIALS? -- HOW ARE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS IMPORTANT IN THE REAL WORLD? -- HOW ARE CRYSTALS PROPERTIES DETERMINED? -- HOW ARE CRYSTALS FORMED IN METALS? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 3: Crystal Imperfections, Deformation and Metal Forming -- WHAT IMPERFECTIONS EXIST IN REAL CRYSTALS? -- HOW DO DISLOCATIONS INFLUENCE PLASTIC DEFORMATION? -- WHY ARE BCC AND FCC METALS DUCTILE WHEREAS HCP METALS ARE NOT? -- HOW CAN WE WORK WITH METALS? -- Summary -- Additional Information -- Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 4: Diffusion and Kinetics of Materials -- WHAT IS KINETICS OF MATERIALS AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? -- HOW DO ATOMIC MOVEMENTS RESULT IN DIFFUSION? -- WHAT FACTORS AFFECT DIFFUSION? -- WHAT RULES GOVERN DIFFUSION? -- WHAT EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS of DIFFUSION AND ITS KINETICS CAN BE IDENTIFIED? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems. -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Part Two: Physical & Mechanical Metallurgy -- Chapter 5: Microstructural Characterization and Design.

WHAT ARE SOLID-SOLUTIONS, PHASES, & MICROCONSTITUENTS? -- WHAT IS MICOSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? HOW CAN WE PREPARE AND EXAMINE A METALLOGRAPHIC SAMPLE? -- HOW CAN WE CHARACTERIZE MICROSTRUCTURE BY USING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES? -- HOW CAN WE QUANTITATIVELY ANALYZE MICROSTRUCTURES? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN MICROSTRUCTURE FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? -- Summary -- Additional Information -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 6: Phase Diagrams and Alloy Systems -- WHAT IS THE BASIS OF PHASE DIAGARMS? -- HOW DO ALLOYS FORM? -- WHAT ARE PHASE-TRANMSFORMATION REACTIONS? -- HOW CAN WE REPRESENT VARIOUS ALLOY SYSTEMS IN PHASE DIAGRAMS? -- HOW CAN WE REPRESENT ISOMORPHOUIS ALLOYS IN PHASE DIAGRAM? -- HOW CAN WE REPRESENT EUTECTIC ALLOYS IN PHASE DIAGRAMS? -- HOW CAN WE REPRESENT PERITECTIC ALLOYS IN PHASE DIAGRAMS? WHAT EXAMPLES OF COMPLEX PHASE DIAGARMS CAN WE IDENTIFY? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 7: Designing Alloys Using a Controlled Strengthening Mechanism -- HOW ARE ALLOYS STRENGTHENED AND TOUGHENED? -- WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS OF STRENGHENED ALLOYS? -- Applications. Summary -- Additional Information -- Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 8: Processing and Mechanical Properties of Metals -- WHAT METHODS ARE USED TO PROCESS METALS AND ALLOYS? -- WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF METALS? HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ELASTIC AND PLASTIC DEFORMATION? -- HOW IS TENSILE TESTING USEFUL IN OBTAINING TENSILE PROPERTIES? -- WHAT ARE ELASTIC AND IMPACT PROPERTIES OF METALS? -- HOW DO METALS RESIST INDENTATION? -- HOW DO METALS BEHAVE UNDER CYCLIC STRESES? -- HOW DO METALS BEHAVE AT HIGH TEMPEARATURES? -- Summary -- Additional Information -- Questions and Problems.

Chapter 9: Designs against Fracture and Failure -- WHAT ARE THE MODES OF FRACTURE IN METALS? -- HOW DOES TEMPERATURE DROP RESULTS IN DBT FAILURE? -- HOW IS FRACTURE BEHAVIOR AFFECTED BY PRESENCE OF A CRACK? -- HOW IS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY USEFUL TO AVOID FRACTURE? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN MATERIALS TO AVOID CREEP AND STRESSRUPTURE? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN MATERIALS TO AVOID CREEP AND STRESSRUPTURE? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 10: Corrosion and Protective Systems Design -- WHY DO METALS CORRODE? WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF CORROSION? -- HOW IS ELECTROCHEMISTRY HELPFUL IN EXPLAINING CORROSION? -- WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF CORROSION? -- HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY CORROSION? -- WHAT IS LOCALLIZED CORROSION? AND WHAT ARE ITS FORMS? -- HOW DO METALLURGICAL CONDITIONS INFLUENCE CORROSION? -- HOW DO MECHANICAL CONDITIONS INDUCE CORROSION? -- HOW DO ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ASSIST CRACKING? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS AGAINST CORROSION? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Part Three: Design of Engineering Alloys -- Chapter 11: Plain-Carbon Steels and Heat Treatment -- WHAT ARE PLAIN-CARBON STEELS? AND HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY THEM? -- WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF CARBON & OTHER IMPURITIES ON STEEL? -- WHAT IS HEAT TREATMENT OF STEEL? AND WHIY IS IT IMPORTANT? -- HOW IS HEAT-TREATMENT OF STEEL DEPENDENT ON RATE OF COOLING? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN A HEAT-TREATMENT PROCESS USING the Fe- C PHASE DIAGRAM? -- HOW DOES RATE OF COOLING AFFECT PHASE TRANSFORMATION IN STEEL? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN HEAT TRAETMENT PROCESS USING TTT/CCT DIAGRAM? -- HOW CAN WE HARDEN SURFACES BY HEAT TREATMENT? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems.

Chapter 12: Ferrous Alloys: Science and Design -- HOW ARE STEEL-ALLOY DESIGNS USEFUL FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? -- HOW ARE CAST-IRON DESIGNS USEFUL FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 13: Non-Ferrous Alloys: Science and Design -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN LIGHTWEIGHT STRONG ALUMINUM ALLOYS? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN COPPER ALLOYS FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN MAGNESIUM FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? -- WHY ARE TITANUM AND ITS ALLOYS SUITABLE FOR AERSOPACE AND BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS? -- WHY ARE ZINC-BASE ALLOYS WIDELY USED FOR DIE-CASTING? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN NICKEL ALLOYS FOR ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN ALLOYS FOR GAS TURBINES APPLICATIONS? -- Summary -- Additional Information -- Questions and Problems. Materials Selection and Design Problems. -- Part Four: Non-Metallic Materials: Science and Design -- Chapter 14: Ceramics, Glasses and Carbon Materials -- HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN CERAMICS AND GLASSES? -- HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY CERAMICS BASED ON THEIR APPLICATIONS? -- WHAT ARE SIMPLE CERAMIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES? -- WHAT ARE CARBON MATERIALS? AND HOW ARE THEY BONDED & STRUCTURED? -- WHAT ARE THE COMPLEX CERAMIC STRUCTURES? -- WHAT ARE PROPERTIES OF CERAMICS FOR DESIGN APPLICATIONS? -- WHAT ARE REFRACTORY APPLICATIONS OF CERAMICS? -- HOW CAN WE PROCESS CERAMICS? -- WHAT ARE SURFACE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF CERAMICS? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 15: Polymers and Plastics -- HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN POLYMERS AND PLASTICS? -- WHAT IS POLYMERRIZATION? -- HOW ARE PLASTICS MANUFACTURED BY POLYMERIZATION? -- WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF PLASTICS ON ENVIRONMENT? -- WHAT ARE THE COMMONLY USED PLASTICS?.

HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THEMOPLASTICS AND THERMOSETS? -- ARE POLYMERS CRYSTALLIME OR AMORPHOUS? -- HOW DO POLYMERS BEHAVE UNDER STRESS? AND WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY? -- WHAT IS THE ROLE OF Tg ON DESIGN APPLICATIONS OF POYMERS? -- WHAT ARE ELASTOMERS? -- HOW CAN WE PROCESS PLASTIC MATERIALS? -- HOW CAN WE DESIGN POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS? -- Summary -- Additional Information -- Questions and Problems. Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 16: Composite Materials -- WHAT PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR DESIGN APPLICATIONS? -- HOW CAN WE CLASSIFY COMPOSITE MATERIALS? -- HOW ARE COMPOSITE MATERIALS MADE? -- WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR MMCs? -- WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR CMCs? -- WHAT DESIGN APPLICATIONS CAN WE IDENTIFY FOR PMCs? -- HOW CAN WE PERFORM DESIGN CALCULATIONS FOR LAMELLAR FIBROUS COMPOSITES? -- WHAT IS THE SCIENCE AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES? -- WHAT IS THE SCIENCE AND DESIGN OF HYBRID COMPOSITES? -- Summary -- Additional Information -- Questions and Problems. Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 17: Electronic Materials -- WHY IS TODAY'S CIVILIZATION KNOWN AS THE 'SILICON AGE'? -- HOW IS THE ENERGY-BAND MODEL HELPFUL IN ASSESSING CONDUCTIVITY? -- WHAT ARE INTRINSIC SEMICONDUCTORS? -- HOW IS ELECTRICAL CHARGE TRANSPORTED IN A SEMICONDUCTOR? -- WHAT ARE EXTRINSIC SEMICONDUCTORS? AND WHAT TYPES ARE THRE? -- WHAT ARE SEMICODUCTOR DEVICES? AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? -- HOW ARE SEMICONDUCTORS PROCESSED TO FABRICATE I.Cs? -- Summary -- Additional Information. Questions and Problems -- Materials Selection and Design Problems -- Chapter 18: Optical and Superconducting Materials -- HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM? -- WHAT IS THE TECHNOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF REFRACTION OF LIGHT?.

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