Navigating the Materials World
eBook - PDF

Navigating the Materials World

A Guide to Understanding Materials Behavior

  1. 242 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Navigating the Materials World

A Guide to Understanding Materials Behavior

About this book

This book will enable students to navigate through materials science and engineering courses with increased motivation, reflection and depth. It contains a series of guides that will help students learn about materials while enhancing their thinking and learning skills.The first chapter serves as an introduction to the general concepts and terminology of materials science. The remaining chapters focus on specific materials—polymers, metals, ceramics, biomaterials, composites, natural materials, and electronic and magnetic materials. Throughout the text, expert contributors highlight key concepts and ideas and how they relate to other areas of science.Navigating the Material is based on current educational theory in higher education, which puts the student at the center of learning and encourages learning with understanding.· Introduces general concepts and provides a thorough review of specific types of materials· Based on current educational theory that helps students not only learn important facts, but also helps them understand core concepts and improve their thinking and learning skills· Adopts a style that is appealing to faculty and students and is enhanced with a large number of illustrations

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Yes, you can access Navigating the Materials World by Caroline Baillie,Linda Vanasupa in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Materials Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. front cover
  2. copyright
  3. table of contents
  4. front matter
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contributors
  7. body
  8. 1. Welcome to the Materials World
  9. 2. Visiting the Travel Agency ( or Selecting Your Material)
  10. 3. The Tool Shop (or Characterizing Your Material)
  11. 4. Entering the Metals Zone
  12. 5. A Tour of Ceramic Land
  13. 6. Interfacing with Composites
  14. 7. The Land of Polymers
  15. 8. Back to Nature
  16. 9. An Electronic Trip Through Semiconductors
  17. 10. Accident and Emergency
  18. index