Material Physical Properties

Author: Xiao Guoqing
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The ideal goal of material workers is to be able to design materials—what raw materials to use, what compounds or solid solutions to form, and what properties the material will have. However, so far, the progress of science and technology has not yet reached this level. Although fundamental disciplines and achievements such as quantum mechanics and solid-state physics have made significant contributions to the development of solid-state electron theory, guiding and predicting its behavior, due to the complexity of material structures, especially the microstructure that significantly affects material properties, it does not follow the same movement laws as microscopic particles like electrons. Research at the atomic and molecular level alone cannot encompass all aspects of materials science. Therefore, material workers, in addition to focusing on learning and staying updated with knowledge in fundamental disciplines such as quantum mechanics and solid-state physics, should, under current conditions, pay more attention to studying empirical and semi-empirical laws of formation, changes, characteristics, and their effects on various properties based on actual structures. This approach has a positive impact on the development of new products and the control of production processes. This book focuses on the mechanical properties of materials, covering main topics such as elastic deformation, plastic deformation, high-temperature creep, viscous flow, material fracture, and thermal shock stability. It also introduces the thermal, electrical, and magnetic properties of materials.