Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers

by Shackelford, James F.

• ISBN13: 9780136012603
• ISBN10: 0136012604
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-30
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This book provides balanced, current treatment of the full spectrum of engineering materials, covering all the physical properties, applications and relevant properties associated with engineering materials. The book explores all of major categories of materials while offering detailed examinations of a wide range of new materials with high-tech applications. The reader is treated to state-of-the-art computer generated crystal structure illustrations, offering the most technically precise and visually realistic illustrations available. The book includes over 350 exercises with sample problems to provide guidance.Materials for Engineering, Atomic Bonding, Crystal Structure and Defects, Diffusion, Mechanical Behavior, Thermal Behavior, Failure Analysis & Prevention. Phase Diagrams, Heat Treatment, Metals, Ceramics and Glasses, Polymers, Composites, Electrical Behavior, Optical Behavior, Semiconductor Materials, Magnetic Materials, Environmental Degradation, Materials Science.For mechanical and civil engineers and machine designers.

Table of Contents

Materials for Engineering	p. 1
The Material World	p. 1
Materials Science and Engineering	p. 2
Six Materials That Changed Your World	p. 3
Steel Bridges
Introducing Metals	p. 3
Lucalox Lamps
Introducing Ceramics	p. 5
Optical Fibers
Introducing Glasses	p. 9
Nylon Parachutes
Introducing Polymers	p. 11
Kevlar-Reinforced Tires
Introducing
Composites	p. 13
Silicon Chips
Introducing
Semiconductors	p. 14
Processing and Selecting Materials	p. 15
Looking at Materials by Powers of Ten	p. 17
The Fundamentals
Atomic Bonding	p. 22
Atomic Structure	p. 22
The Ionic Bond	p. 28
Coordination Number	p. 32
The Covalent Bond	p. 39
The Metallic Bond	p. 45
The Secondary, or van der Waals, Bond	p. 47
Materials
The Bonding Classification	p. 503
Crystalline Structure
Perfection	p. 58
Seven Systems and Fourteen Lattices	p. 58
Metal Structures	p. 62
Ceramic Structures	p. 66
Polymeric Structures	p. 74
Semiconductor Structures	p. 76
Lattice Positions, Directions, and Planes	p. 80
X-Ray Diffraction	p. 92
Crystal Defects and Noncrystalline
Structure
Imperfection	p. 102
The Solid Solution
Chemical Imperfection	p. 102
Point Defects
Zero-Dimensional
Imperfections	p. 108
Linear Defects, or Dislocations
One-Dimensional
Imperfections	p. 110
Planar Defects
Two-Dimensional
Imperfections	p. 113
Noncrystalline Solids
Three-Dimensional
Imperfections	p. 118
Diffusion	p. 126
Thermally Activated Processes	p. 126
Thermal Production of Point Defects	p. 130
Point Defects and Solid-State Diffusion	p. 132
Steady-State Diffusion	p. 142
Alternate Diffusion Paths	p. 146
Mechanical Behavior	p. 152
Stress Versus Strain	p. 152
Metals	p. 153
Ceramics and Glasses	p. 164
Polymers	p. 168
Elastic Deformation	p. 173
Plastic Deformation	p. 174
Hardness	p. 181
Creep and Stress Relaxation	p. 185
Viscoelastic Deformation	p. 193
Inorganic Glasses	p. 194
Organic Polymers	p. 196
Elastomers	p. 199
Thermal Behavior	p. 210
Heat Capacity	p. 210
Thermal Expansion	p. 213
Thermal Conductivity	p. 216
Thermal Shock	p. 221
Failure Analysis and Prevention	p. 227
Impact Energy	p. 228
Fracture Toughness	p. 233
Fatigue	p. 237
Nondestructive Testing	p. 246
Failure Analysis and Prevention	p. 249
Phase Diagrams
Equilibrium Microstructural Development	p. 257
The Phase Rule	p. 258
The Phase Diagram	p. 261
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