This introduction to materials science for engineers examines not only the physical and engineering properties of materials, but also their history, uses, development, and some of the implications of resource depletion, materials substitutions, and so forth.

Covers new developments in the field in the past five years, updated graphs, dated information and references

Inhalt
Mechanical Properties of Materials.- The First Materials (Stone Age and CopperStone Age).- Fundamental Mechanical Properties of Materials.- Mechanisms.- The Bronze Age.- Alloys and Compounds.- Atoms in Motion.- The Iron Age.- Iron and Steel.- Degradation of Materials (Corrosion).- Electronic Properties of Materials.- The Age of Electronic Materials.- Electrical Properties of Materials.- Magnetic Properties of Materials.- Optical Properties of Materials.- Thermal Properties of Materials.- Materials and the World.- No Ceramics Age?.- From Natural Fibers to Man-Made Plastics.- Gold.- Economic and Environmental Considerations.- What Does the Future Hold?.