Materials for Engineers

This introductory text is intended for an undergraduate course in materials science and engineering.

William F. Hosford (Author)

9780521899970, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 August 2008

296 pages
26 x 18.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.89 kg

'Notably, throughout the text there are numerous useful examples and problems that can be discussed, and references which are often helpful.' Materials World

This text is intended for a first undergraduate course in materials science and engineering with an emphasis on mechanical and electrical properties. The text features numerous useful examples and exercises. It differs from available texts in that it covers the materials of greatest interest in most undergraduate programs, leaving more specialized and advanced coverage for later course books. The text begins with phases and phase diagrams. This is followed by a chapter on diffusion, which treats diffusion in multiphase systems as well as single-phase systems. The next several chapters on mechanical behavior and failure should be of particular interest to mechanical engineers. There are chapters on iron and steel and on nonferrous alloys followed by chapters on specific types of materials. There is an emphasis on manufacturing, including recycling, casting and welding, powder processing, solid forming, and more modern techniques including photolithography, vapor deposition and the use of lasers.

1. Introduction
2. Phases
3. Diffusion
4. Mechanical behavior
5. Mechanical failure
6. Annealing
7. Iron and steel
8. Non-ferrous metals
9. Casting and welding
10. Solid shaping
11. Polymers
12. Polymer processing
13. Glasses
14. Crystalline ceramics
15. Powder processing
16. Pottery and concrete
17. Composites
18. Carbon
19. Fibers, foams and porous materials
20. Electrical properties
21. Optical and thermal properties
22. Magnetic materials
23. Corrosion
24. Modern manufacturing techniques and surface treatments and recycling
Appendix I. Wood
Appendix II. Miller indices for planes and directions
Appendix III. Xray diffraction
Appendix IV. Surfaces
Appendix V. Dislocations
Appendix VI. Avrami kinetics
Appendix VII. Organic chemistry
Appendix VIII. Average molecular weight
Appendix IX. Bond geometry in compounds
Appendix X. Weibull analysis.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering [TGB], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG]