Navigating the materials world : a guide to understanding materials behavior / edited by Caroline Baillie, Linda Vanasupa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baillie, Caroline.

Vanasupa, Linda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Other Title:

Guide to understanding materials behavior

Understanding materials behavior

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book will enable students to navigate through materials science and engineering courses with increased motivation, reflection and depth. It contains a series of guides that will help students learn about materials while enhancing their thinking and learning skills.The first chapter serves as an introduction to the general concepts and terminology of materials science. The remaining chapters focus on specific materials-polymers, metals, ceramics, biomaterials, composites, natural materials, and electronic and magnetic materials. Throughout the text, expert contributors highligh

Contents:

front cover; copyright; table of contents; front matter; Acknowledgments; Contributors; body; 1. Welcome to the Materials World; 2. Visiting the Travel Agency ( or Selecting Your Material); 3. The Tool Shop (or Characterizing Your Material); 4. Entering the Metals Zone; 5. A Tour of Ceramic Land; 6. Interfacing with Composites; 7. The Land of Polymers; 8. Back to Nature; 9. An Electronic Trip Through Semiconductors; 10. Accident and Emergency; index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-96118-X

9786610961184

0-08-046979-5

OCLC:

476038647