Introduction to materials science for engineers (7th ed )

1.1 The Material World 1

1.2 Materials Science and Engineering 2

1.3 Six Materials That Changed Your World 3

STEEL BRIDGES-INTRODUCING METALS 3

LUCALOX LAMPS-INTRODUCING CERAMICS 5

OPTICAL FIBERS-INTRODUCING GLASSES 9

NYLON PARACHUTES-INTRODUCING POLYMERS 11

KEVLAR®-REINFORCED TIRES-INTRODUCING

COMPOSITES 13

SILICON CHIPS-INTRODUCING SEMICONDUCTORS 14

1.4 Processing and Selecting Materials 15

1.5 Looking at Materials by Powers of Ten 17

2.1 Atomic Structure 22

2.2 The Ionic Bond 28

COORDINATION NUMBER 32

2.3 The Covalent Bond 39

2.4 The Metallic Bond 45

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