本书是普通高等学校材料科学与工程专业类“材料概论”或相关课程的双语教材。全书以国外**的材料科学与工程著作和综述性论文为基础,以材料“结构—制备—性能—应用”为主线,系统介绍了材料科学与工程的基本知识、基本原理以及材料的应用技术。
全书共分七章,分别涉及材料科学基本知识、金属材料、陶瓷材料、玻璃材料、水泥混凝土材料、高分子材料和复合材料的有关内容。每一章由若干小节组成,每节又分为基本课文和阅读材料。在基本课文后附有部分专业词汇和注释,阅读材料中的疑难点在课文中加以注释。师生们在教学过程中可选择使用。
本书也可供从事材料研究与应用的人员作为了解专业知识、提高英语水平的阅读材料。

1 Introduction to Materials
1.1 Materials and Materials Science
1.1.1 How Is Materials Defined
1.1.2 The Three Classes of Materials
1.1.3 Materials Properties
1.1.4 Use of Materials
1.1.5 Materials Science
1.2 Types of Materials
1.2.1 Metal
1.2.2 Ceramics and Glasses
1.2.3 Polymers
1.2.4 Composites
1.3 Structural Characteristic of Materials
1.3.1 Crystal Lattice
1.3.2 Crystallographic Indices
1.3.3 Anisotropy
1.4 Structure-property-processing Interaction
1.4.1 properties
1.4.2 Structure
1.4.3 Processing
1.4.4 Structure-property-processing Interaction
Questions and Problems
References
2 Metallic Materials
2.1 Metals
2.2 Ferrous Metals
2.2.1 Ferrous Metals Group
2.2.2 Production of Iron
2.2.3 Production of Steel
2.2.4 Cast Iron Alloys
2.2.5 Steels
2.3 Nonferrous Metals
2.3.1 Introduction
2.3.2 Nonferrous Metals in Common Use
2.3.3 Titanium,Nickel,and Cobalt
2.3.4 Other Nonferrous Metals
2.4 The Physical and Mechanical Properties of Metals
2.4.1 Mechanical Properties
2.4.2 Metals at Low Temperatures
2.4.3 Physical Properties
2.5 The Crystal Structure of Metals
2.5.1 Bonding of Metals
2.5.2 Metals and Nonmetals
2.5.3 Crystalline Unit Structures
2.6 Corrosion
Questions and Problems
References
3 Ceramic Materials
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Nature of Ceramics
3.2.1 Porosity of Ceramics
3.2.2 Structure of Ceramics
3.2.3 Ceramics Phase Diagrams
3.3 Ceramics Processing
3.3.1 Traditional Processing
3.3.2 Advanced Ceramic Processing
3.4 Properties of Ceramics
3.4.1 Mechanical Properties
3.4.2 Physical Properties
3.4.3 Chemical Proterties
3.4.4 Fabricability
3.4.5 Other Properties
3.4.6 Designing Ceramics
3.5 Application of Ceramics
Questions and Problems
References
4 The Glass Sciences
5 Cement and Concrete Materials
6 Polymer Materials
7 Composite Materials