An Introduction to Materials Science / / Héctor L. Mancini, Wenceslao González-Viñas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: González-Viñas, Wenceslao,; Mancini, Héctor L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.) :; 138 line Illus. 10 tables.

Materials science has undergone a revolutionary transformation in the past two decades. It is an interdisciplinary field that has grown out of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering departments. In this book, González-Viñas and Mancini provide an introduction to the field, one that emphasizes a qualitative understanding of the subject, rather than an intensely mathematical one. The book covers the topics usually treated in a first course on materials science, such as crystalline solids and defects. It describes the electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties of matter; the unique properties of dielectric and magnetic materials; the phenomenon of superconductivity; polymers; and optical and amorphous materials. More modern subjects, such as fullerenes, liquid crystals, and surface phenomena are also covered, and problems are included at the end of each chapter. An Introduction to Materials Science is addressed to both undergraduate students with basic skills in chemistry and physics, and those who simply want to know more about the topics on which the book focuses.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1. What Is a Material? -- Chapter 2. Crystalline Solids -- Chapter 3. Imperfections -- Chapter 4. Electrical Properties -- Chapter 5. Mechanical and Thermal Properties -- Chapter 6. Magnetic Materials and Dielectrics -- Chapter 7. Superconductivity -- Chapter 8. Optical Materials -- Chapter 9. Noncrystalline Materials -- Chapter 10. Polymeric Materials -- Chapter 11. Surface Science -- Chapter 12. New Materials -- Appendix A. Physical Constants -- Bibliography -- Index