Properties of Materials

• Properties of materials for mechanical, thermal and electrical applications
• Atomic bonding, solid solutions, crystallisation
• Equilibrium phase diagrams, applications to steel and aluminium alloys, heat treatments
• Structure and special properties of polymers and ceramic materials
• General characteristics of metallic composites, polymeric composites and concrete
• Introduction to materials in hostile environments: corrosion, creep at high temperature, refractory materials, subnormal temperature brittle fracture

Suggested Reading Materials

Materials Science and Engineering: An Introduction, 5th edition
Callister, William D., Jr. Wiley College. 0-471-32013-7.