Description
Designed for advanced undergraduate students, Physical Properties of Materials, Second Edition establishes the principles that control the optical, thermal, electronic, magnetic, and mechanical properties of materials. Using an atomic and molecular approach, this introduction to materials science offers students a wide-ranging survey of the field and a basis to understand future materials. The author incorporates comments on applications of materials science, extensive references to the contemporary and classic literature, and problems at the end of each chapter. In addition, unique tutorials allow students to apply the principles to understand applications, such as photocopying, magnetic devices, fiber optics, and more.
This fully revised and updated second edition presents a discussion of materials sustainability, a description of crystalline structures, and discussion of current and recent developments, including graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanocomposites, magnetocaloric effect, and spintronics. Along with a new capstone tutorial on the materials science of cymbals, this edition contains more than 60 new end-of-chapter problems, bringing the total to 300 problems.
Table of Contents Part I INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction to Materials Science
Part II COLOR AND OTHER OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
2.Atomic and Molecular Origins of Color
3.Color in Metals and Semiconductors
4.Color from Interactions of Light Waves with Bulk Matter
5.Other Optical Effects
Part III THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
6.Heat Capacity, Heat Content, and Energy Storage
7.Thermal Expansion
8.Thermal Conductivity
9.Thermodynamic Aspects of Stability
10.Surface and Interfacial Phenomena
11.Other Phases of Matter
Part IV ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
12.Electrical Properties
13.Magnetic Properties
Part V MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
14.Mechanical Properties