Now in its fifth edition, this text provides a thorough analysis of materials science and engineering in an easy-to-read style. It analyes the basic concepts and their applications to enable students to gain a full understanding of the subject.

The book begins with a clear explanation of chemical equilibrium, kinetics, atomic structure and chemical bonding. This is folowed by a detailed discussion of the structure of solids, crystal imperfections, phase diagrams, diffusion in solids and phase transformation. The mechanical properties described include elastic, anelastic and visco elastic behaviour, plastic deformation, and creep and fracture phenomena. The last four chapters are devoted to a detailed description of electrical properties – conduction, superconductivity, semiconductor, and magnetic and dielectric.

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V. Raghavan, Ph.D. (Sheffield), formerly Professor of Materials Science at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, taught materials science courses at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and at IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi for many years. A Fellow of the American Society of Metals and an honorary member of the Indian Institute of Metals, Professor Raghavan is the recipient of the Brunton Medal of Sheffield University, UK (1964), the G.D. Birla Gold Medal of Indian Institute of Metals (1985), and the Hume-Rothery Award of the Institute of Materials London (2001).

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