Engineering Materials and Processes e-Mega Reference

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1 Introduction to engineering materials
2 Science of materials behavior
3 Materials selection
3.1. Materials properties charts
3.2 Materials selection case studies
4 Processes and process selection
4.1. Casting and solidication
4.2 Coatings and surface engineering
4.3 Processes selection case studies
5 Introduction to metals
5.1 Iron and steel
5.2 Carbon steels
5.3 Alloy steels
6 Metal structures
7 Equilibrium constitution and phase diagrams
8 Physical properties of metals
9 Mechanical properties of metals
9.1 Heat treatment of plain carbon steels
9.2. Surface hardening of steels
10 Production, forming and joining of metals
10.1 Casting processes
10.2 Mechanical deformation of metals
10.3 Mechanical shaping of metals
11 Light alloys
11.1 Aluminum alloys
12 Introduction to plastics
12.1. Basic criteria for the selection of thermoplastics
13 General properties of plastics
14 Processing of plastics
14.1 Thermoplastic processing
14.2 Molecular structure and polymer manufacture
14.3 Thermoplastic composites
15 Ceramics and glasses
15.1 Structures of ceramics
15.2 The mechanical properties of ceramics
15.3 Production, forming and joining of ceramics
16 Magnetic materials
17 Nanomaterials
17.1 Case studies of biomaterials and nanomaterials
17.2. Chemical synthesis of nanostructured metals, metal alloys, and semiconductors
17.3 Nanocomposites prepared by sol-gel methods
17.4 Carbon nanotubes
18 Joining materials
18.1 Mechanical joining
18.2 Adhesive Bonding and Cementing