Fundamentals of Materials Science (Second Edition)

Author: Shi Dekuo
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: "Fundamentals of Materials Science" (2nd Edition) is a technical foundation course textbook for materials science and engineering majors. This book elaborates on the basic principles of the relationship between the composition, microstructure, and properties of materials. The book, excluding the introduction, consists of ten chapters covering the following content: Introduction to Material Structure, Crystal Structure, Polymer Material Structure, Crystal Defects, Phase Structure and Phase Diagrams, Material Solidification and Vapor Deposition, Diffusion and Solid-State Phase Transformation, Deformation and Fracture, Electronic Structure and Physical Properties of Materials, and Introduction to Materials. In addition to serving as a textbook for undergraduate students of materials science and engineering, this book can also be used as a teaching reference for undergraduate and graduate students in material thermal processing.