Materials for Engineers

W. F. Hosford is a Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. Professor Hosford is the author of a number of books, including the leading selling Metal Forming: Mechanics and Metallurgy, 3rd edition (with R. M. Caddell), Materials Science: An Intermediate Text, Mechanics of Crystals and Textured Polycrystals and Mechanical Metallurgy.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Phases; 3. Diffusion; 4. Mechanical behavior; 5. Mechanical failure; 6. Annealing; 7. Iron and steel; 8. Non-ferrous metals; 9. Casting and welding; 10. Solid shaping; 11. Polymers; 12. Polymer processing; 13. Glasses; 14. Crystalline ceramics; 15. Powder processing; 16. Pottery and concrete; 17. Composites; 18. Carbon; 19. Fibers, foams and porous materials; 20. Electrical properties; 21. Optical and thermal properties; 22. Magnetic materials; 23. Corrosion; 24. Modern manufacturing techniques and surface treatments and recycling; Appendix I. Wood; Appendix II. Miller indices for planes and directions; Appendix III. Xray diffraction; Appendix IV. Surfaces; Appendix V. Dislocations; Appendix VI. Avrami kinetics; Appendix VII. Organic chemistry; Appendix VIII. Average molecular weight; Appendix IX. Bond geometry in compounds; Appendix X. Weibull analysis.

'Notably, throughout the text there are numerous useful examples and problems that can be discussed, and references which are often helpful.' Materials World