ENGINEERING MATERIALS: POLYMERS, CERAMICS AND COMPOSITESThis text, now in its second edition, continues to provide a balanced practical treatment of polymers, ceramics, and composites, covering all their physical properties as well as applications in industry. The text puts emphasis on developing an understanding of properties, characteristics and specifications of non-metallic engineering materials and focusing on the techniques for controlling their properties during processing. It provides students with the knowledge they need to make optimal selection and use of these materials in a variety of manufacturing applications. The book focuses on structure-properties correlation of materials as it forms the basis for predicting their behaviour during processing and service conditions. The text also discusses the recently developed advanced materials. Each chapter includes the questions of fundamental importance and industrial significance, along with their answers. This book is especially designed for Metallurgical and Materials Science students for a course in non-metallic engineering materials. Besides it should prove useful for the students of other engineering disciplines where materials science/materials engineering is offered as a compulsory course. NEW TO THIS EDITION : Addition of a new chapter on Ceramics—A Material for Biomedical Applications (Chapter 5) Inclusion of a number of questions and their answers in Chapters 2, 3 and 4, modifications of existing figures and the inclusion of new ones. Incorporation of plenty of numerical problem related to polymers, ceramics and composites. |
Contents
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BhargavChap02 | 43 |
BhargavChap02a | 93 |
BhargavChap03 | 168 |
BhargavChap04 | 266 |
BhargavChap05 | 343 |
BhargavAppendix | 361 |
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Common terms and phrases
abrasion acid alumina aluminium amorphous applications aramid atoms blow moulding boron brittle carbon fibres ceramic materials cermets characteristics coating components composite materials compounds compressive copolymer corrosion covalent bonding crack creep cross-linking deformation degree of crystallinity dielectric dimensional ductility elastic modulus elastomers electrical insulating electrons energy epoxies examples exhibit fillers fracture toughness glass fibres graphite hardness heat high strength high temperature impact implants increase ionic ions laminate layers liquid crystal load magnetic matrix composites mechanical properties melting temperature metal matrices metallic glasses molecular chains molecular weight molecules monomer natural rubber nylon oxide oxygen particles phase phenolic plastics polyesters polyethylene polyimide polymer chain polymer materials polymerization produced refractories resin shown in Figure silica silicon carbide silicon nitride solvents stability stiffness stress surface tensile strength tetragonal thermal conductivity thermal expansion thermal shock resistance thermoplastics thermosetting thermosetting plastics typical unit cell volume fraction zirconia ZrO2