In this vivid and comprehensible introduction to materials science, the author expands the modern concepts of metal physics to formulate basic theory applicable to other engineering materials, such as ceramics and polymers. Written for engineering students and working engineers with little previous knowledge of solid-state physics, this textbook enables the reader to study more specialized and fundamental literature of materials science. Dozens of illustrative photographs, many of them transmission electron microscopy images, plus line drawings, aid developing a firm appreciation of this...

In this vivid and comprehensible introduction to materials science, the author expands the modern concepts of metal physics to formulate basic theory applicable to other engineering materials, such as ceramics and polymers. Written for engineering students and working engineers with little previous knowledge of solid-state physics, this textbook enables the reader to study more specialized and fundamental literature of materials science. Dozens of illustrative photographs, many of them transmission electron microscopy images, plus line drawings, aid developing a firm appreciation of this...

Die modernen Konzepte der physikalischen Metallkunde sind gleichermaen grundlegend fur das Verstandnis auch aller nichtmetallischen Werkstoffe. Deswegen liegt es nahe, die klassisch nach den Werkstoffen Metall, Keramik, Glas und Kunststoff differenzierten Wissensgebiete unter der verbindenden Bezeichnung Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik gemeinsam abzuhandeln. Von dieser Feststellung ausgehend fuhrt dieses Lehrbuch zwar zunachst in die Allgemeine Metallkunde ein, daruber hinaus legt es aber auch die Grundlagen fur die gesamte Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik. Im...