Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course explores the core concepts of materials science and its application in engineering in an easily approachable manner.

What does this book cover? 

This heavily revised 6^th edition of Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course is a student-friendly survey of the field. It uses fully worked example problems, tables, charts and diagrams to make the content approachable for beginning students and non-specialists alike.

Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course contains a great deal of valuable information, including:

• Core materials science concepts, such as chemical bonds, atomic structure, kinetics and chemical equilibrium
• A deep analysis of the structure of solids and of crystal imperfections
• How to interpret and use phase transformations, phase diagrams and solid-state diffusion
• Viscoelasticism, anelasticism and elasticism
• Fracture phenomenon and plastic deformation

About the Authors  

Dr V Raghavan did his PhD work at the University of Sheffield. He has taught at the Institute of Technology Delhi, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, IIT Delhi and IIT Kanpur. His work has won the Brunton Medal of Sheffield University and the Hume-Rothery Award of the Institute of Materials London.

In Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course, he delivers an in-depth, authoritative guide to the core concepts of engineering and materials science.