The Science and Engineering of Materials, Enhanced 7th edition

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Donald R. Askeland and Wendelin J. Wright
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
    • 1.1: What is Materials Science and Engineering?
    • 1.2: Classification of Materials
    • 1.3: Functional Classification of Materials
    • 1.4: Classification of Materials Based on Structure
    • 1.5: Environmental and Other Effects
    • 1.6: Materials Design and Selection
    • 1: Chapter Quiz
    • 1: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 2: Atomic Structure
    • 2.1: The Structure of Materials: Technological Relevance
    • 2.2: The Structure of the Atom
    • 2.3: The Electronic Structure of the Atom
    • 2.4: The Periodic Table
    • 2.5: Atomic Bonding
    • 2.6: Binding Energy and Interatomic Spacing
    • 2.7: The Many Forms of Carbon: Relationships Between Arrangements of Atoms and Materials Properties
    • 2: Chapter Quiz
    • 2: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 3: Atomic and Ionic Arrangements
    • 3.1: Short-Range Order versus Long-Range Order
    • 3.2: Amorphous Materials
    • 3.3: Lattice, Basis, Unit Cells, and Crystal Structures
    • 3.4: Allotropic or Polymorphic Transformations
    • 3.5: Points, Directions, and Planes in the Unit Cell
    • 3.6: Interstitial Sites
    • 3.7: Crystal Structures of Ionic Materials
    • 3.8: Covalent Structures
    • 3.9: Diffraction Techniques for Crystal Structure Analysis
    • 3: Chapter Quiz
    • 3: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 4: Imperfections in the Atomic and lonic Arrangements
    • 4.1: Point Defects
    • 4.2: Other Point Defects
    • 4.3: Dislocations
    • 4.4: Significance of Dislocations
    • 4.5: Schmid's Law
    • 4.6: Influence of Crystal Structure
    • 4.7: Surface Defects
    • 4.8: Importance of Defects
    • 4: Chapter Quiz
    • 4: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 5: Atom and Ion Movements in Materials
    • 5.1: Applications of Diffusion
    • 5.2: Stability of Atoms and Ions
    • 5.3: Mechanisms for Diffusion
    • 5.4: Activation Energy for Diffusion
    • 5.5: Rate of Diffusion
    • 5.6: Factors Affecting Diffusion
    • 5.7: Permeability of Polymers
    • 5.8: Composition Profile
    • 5.9: Diffusion and Materials Processing
    • 5: Chapter Quiz
    • 5: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 6: Mechanical Properties: Part One
    • 6.1: Technological Significance
    • 6.2: Terminology for Mechanical Properties
    • 6.3: The Tensile Test: Use of the Stress Strain Diagram
    • 6.4: Properties Obtained from the Tensile Test
    • 6.5: True Stress and True Strain
    • 6.6: The Bend Test for Brittle Materials
    • 6.7: Hardness of Materials
    • 6.8: Nanoindentation
    • 6.9: Strain Rate Effects and Impact Behavior
    • 6.10: Properties Obtained from the Impact Test
    • 6.11: Bulk Metallic Glasses and Their Mechanical Behavior
    • 6.12: Mechanical Behavior at Small Length Scales
    • 6.13: Rheology of Liquids
    • 6: Chapter Quiz
    • 6: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 7: Mechanical Properties: Part Two
    • 7.1: Fracture Mechanics
    • 7.2: The Importance of Fracture Mechanics
    • 7.3: Microstructural Features of Fracture in Metallic Materials
    • 7.4: Microstructural Features of Fracture in Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites
    • 7.5: Weibull Statistics for Failure Strength Analysis
    • 7.6: Fatigue
    • 7.7: Results of the Fatigue Test
    • 7.8: Application of Fatigue Testing
    • 7.9: Creep, Stress Rupture, and Stress Corrosion
    • 7.10: Evaluation of Creep Behavior
    • 7.11: Use of Creep Data
    • 7: Chapter Quiz
    • 7: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 8: Strain Hardening and Annealing
    • 8.1: Relationship of Cold Working to the Stress Strain Curve
    • 8.2: Strain-Hardening Mechanisms
    • 8.3: Properties versus Percent Cold Work
    • 8.4: Microstructure, Texture Strengthening, and Residual Stresses
    • 8.5: Characteristics of Cold Working
    • 8.6: The Three Stages of Annealing
    • 8.7: Control of Annealing
    • 8.8: Annealing and Materials Processing
    • 8.9: Hot Working
    • 8: Chapter Quiz
    • 8: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 9: Principles of Solidification
    • 9.1: Technological Significance
    • 9.2: Nucleation
    • 9.3: Applications of Controlled Nucleation
    • 9.4: Growth Mechanisms
    • 9.5: Solidification Time and Dendrite Size
    • 9.6: Cooling Curves
    • 9.7: Cast Structure
    • 9.8: Solidification Defects
    • 9.9: Casting Processes for Manufacturing Components
    • 9.10: Continuous Casting and Ingot Casting
    • 9.11: Directional Solidification [DS], Single Crystal Growth, and Epitaxial Growth
    • 9.12: Solidification of Polymers and Inorganic Glasses
    • 9.13: Joining of Metallic Materials
    • 9: Chapter Quiz
    • 9: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 10: Solid Solutions and Phase Equilibrium
    • 10.1: Phases and the Phase Diagram
    • 10.2: Solubility and Solid Solutions
    • 10.3: Conditions for Unlimited Solid Solubility
    • 10.4: Solid-Solution Strengthening
    • 10.5: Isomorphous Phase Diagrams
    • 10.6: Relationship Between Properties and the Phase Diagram
    • 10.7: Solidification of a Solid-Solution Alloy
    • 10.8: Nonequilibrium Solidification and Segregation
    • 10: Chapter Quiz
    • 10: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 11: Dispersion Strengthening and Eutectic Phase Diagrams
    • 11.1: Principles and Examples of Dispersion Strengthening
    • 11.2: Intermetallic Compounds
    • 11.3: Phase Diagrams Containing Three-Phase Reactions
    • 11.4: The Eutectic Phase Diagram
    • 11.5: Strength of Eutectic Alloys
    • 11.6: Eutectics and Materials Processing
    • 11.7: Nonequilibrium Freezing in the Eutectic System
    • 11.8: Nanowires and the Eutectic Phase Diagram
    • 11: Chapter Quiz
    • 11: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 12: Dispersion Strengthening by Phase Transformations and Heat Treatment
    • 12.1: Nucleation and Growth in Solid-State Reactions
    • 12.2: Alloys Strengthened by Exceeding the Solubility Limit
    • 12.3: Age or Precipitation Hardening and Its Applications
    • 12.4: Microstructural Evolution in Age or Precipitation Hardening
    • 12.5: Effects of Aging Temperature and Time
    • 12.6: Requirements for Age Hardening
    • 12.7: Use of Age-Hardenable Alloys at High Temperatures
    • 12.8: The Eutectoid Reaction
    • 12.9: Controlling the Eutectoid Reaction
    • 12.10: The Martensitic Reaction and Tempering
    • 12.11: The Shape-Memory Alloys
    • 12: Chapter Quiz
    • 12: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 13: Heat Treatment of Steels and Cast Irons
    • 13.1: Designations and Classification of Steels
    • 13.2: Simple Heat Treatments
    • 13.3: Isothermal Heat Treatments
    • 13.4: Quench and Temper Heat Treatments
    • 13.5: Effect of Alloying Elements
    • 13.6: Application of Hardenability
    • 13.7: Specialty Steels
    • 13.8: Surface Treatments
    • 13.9: Weldability of Steel
    • 13.10: Stainless Steels
    • 13.11: Cast Irons
    • 13: Chapter Quiz
    • 13: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 14: Nonferrous Alloys
    • 14.1: Aluminum Alloys
    • 14.2: Magnesium and Beryllium Alloys
    • 14.3: Copper Alloys
    • 14.4: Nickel and Cobalt Alloys
    • 14.5: Titanium Alloys
    • 14.6: Refractory and Precious Metals
    • 14: Chapter Quiz
    • 14: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 15: Ceramics
    • 15.1: Bonding in Ceramics
    • 15.2: Structures of Crystalline Ceramics
    • 15.3: Defects in Crystalline Ceramics
    • 15.4: Flaws in Ceramics
    • 15.5: Synthesis and Processing of Crystalline Ceramics
    • 15.6: Silica and Silicate Compounds
    • 15.7: Inorganic Glasses
    • 15.8: Glass-Ceramics
    • 15.9: Processing and Applications of Clay Products
    • 15.10: Refractories
    • 15.11: Other Ceramic Materials
    • 15: Chapter Quiz
    • 15: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 16: Polymers
    • 16.1: Classification of Polymers
    • 16.2: Addition and Condensation Polymerization
    • 16.3: Degree of Polymerization
    • 16.4: Typical Thermoplastics
    • 16.5: Structure—Property Relationships in Thermoplastics
    • 16.6: Effect of Temperature on Thermoplastics
    • 16.7: Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastics
    • 16.8: Elastomers
    • 16.9: Thermosetting Polymers
    • 16.10: Adhesives
    • 16.11: Polymer Processing and Recycling
    • 16: Chapter Quiz
    • 16: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 17: Composites: Teamwork and Synergy in Materials
    • 17.1: Dispersion-Strengthened Composites
    • 17.2: Particulate Composites
    • 17.3: Fiber-Reinforced Composites
    • 17.4: Characteristics of Fiber-Reinforced Composites
    • 17.5: Manufacturing Fibers and Composites
    • 17.6: Fiber-Reinforced Systems and Applications
    • 17.7: Laminar Composite Materials
    • 17.8: Examples and Applications of Laminar Composites
    • 17.9: Sandwich Structures
    • 17: Chapter Quiz
    • 17: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 18: Construction Materials
    • 18.1: The Structure of Wood
    • 18.2: Moisture Content and Density of Wood
    • 18.3: Mechanical Properties of Wood
    • 18.4: Expansion and Contraction of Wood
    • 18.5: Plywood
    • 18.6: Concrete Materials
    • 18.7: Properties of Concrete
    • 18.8: Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete
    • 18.9: Asphalt
    • 18: Chapter Quiz
    • 18: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 19: Electronic Materials
    • 19.1: Ohm's Law and Electrical Conductivity
    • 19.2: Band Structure of Solids
    • 19.3: Conductivity of Metals and Alloys
    • 19.4: Semiconductors
    • 19.5: Applications of Semiconductors
    • 19.6: General Overview of Integrated Circuit Processing
    • 19.7: Deposition of Thin Films
    • 19.8: Conductivity in Other Materials
    • 19.9: Insulators and Dielectric Properties
    • 19.10: Polarization in Dielectrics
    • 19.11: Electrostriction, Piezoelectricity, and Ferroelectricity
    • 19: Chapter Quiz
    • 19: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 20: Magnetic Materials
    • 20.1: Classification of Magnetic Materials
    • 20.2: Magnetic Dipoles and Magnetic Moments
    • 20.3: Magnetization, Permeability, and the Magnetic Field
    • 20.4: Diamagnetic, Paramagnetic, Ferromagnetic, Ferrimagnetic, and Superparamagnetic Materials
    • 20.5: Domain Structure and the Hysteresis Loop
    • 20.6: The Curie Temperature
    • 20.7: Applications of Magnetic Materials
    • 20.8: Metallic and Ceramic Magnetic Materials
    • 20: Chapter Quiz
    • 20: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 21: Photonic Materials
    • 21.1: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
    • 21.2: Refraction, Reflection, Absorption, and Transmission
    • 21.3: Selective Absorption, Transmission, or Reflection
    • 21.4: Examples and Use of Emission Phenomena
    • 21.5: Fiber-Optic Communications Systems
    • 21: Chapter Quiz
    • 21: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 22: Thermal Properties of Materials
    • 22.1: Heat Capacity and Specific Heat
    • 22.2: Thermal Expansion
    • 22.3: Thermal Conductivity
    • 22.4: Thermal Shock
    • 22: Chapter Quiz
    • 22: Have You Ever Wondered?

  • Chapter 23: Corrosion and Wear
    • 23.1: Chemical Corrosion
    • 23.2: Electrochemical Corrosion
    • 23.3: The Electrode Potential in Electrochemical Cells
    • 23.4: The Corrosion Current and Polarization
    • 23.5: Types of Electrochemical Corrosion
    • 23.6: Protection Against Electrochemical Corrosion
    • 23.7: Microbial Degradation and Biodegradable Polymers
    • 23.8: Oxidation and Other Gas Reactions
    • 23.9: Wear and Erosion
    • 23: Chapter Quiz
    • 23: Have You Ever Wondered?

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