Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers (Hardcover)

by James F. Shackelford (Author)

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Product Description
This book provides balanced, current treatment of the full spectrum of engineering materials, covering all the physical properties, applications and relevant properties associated with engineering materials. The book explores all of major categories of materials while offering detailed examinations of a wide range of new materials with high-tech applications. The reader is treated to state-of-the-art computer generated crystal structure illustrations, offering the most technically precise and visually realistic illustrations available. The book includes over 350 exercises with sample problems to provide guidance. Materials for Engineering, Atomic Bonding, Crystal Structure and Defects, Diffusion, Mechanical Behavior, Thermal Behavior, Failure Analysis & Prevention. Phase Diagrams, Heat Treatment, Metals, Ceramics and Glasses, Polymers, Composites, Electrical Behavior, Optical Behavior, Semiconductor Materials, Magnetic Materials, Environmental Degradation, Materials Science. For mechanical and civil engineers and machine designers. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Providing a balanced, current treatment of the full spectrum of engineering materials, this text covers all the physical properties, applications, and relevant properties associated with engineering materials. This proven text explores all the major categories of materials (metals, ceramics and glass, polymers, composites, and semiconductors) while also offering detailed examinations of a wide range of new materials with high-tech applications. Shackelford also provides a strong introductory chapter familiarizing students with the dynamic nature of the field, supported by a number of vivid photographs and illustrations. The fourth edition of this market-leader is even stronger than before with in-depth discussions of all the most recent advances in the field, a number of new problems and exercises, new computer-generated illustrations, and a new interactive CD-rom supplement. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan USA; 2nd edition (March 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0024097306
• ISBN-13: 978-0024097309
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,085,306 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Tries hard, but missing some essentials, May 26, 2007

By	B. Nartowt "Create your personalized signature" (Belleview Blvd) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers (Hardcover)

This book tries hard to be clear, providing summaries, a glossary, and boldfacing terminology. I surmise that this book is written for people with little to no background in chemistry, physics, or mechanics of materials, because few things are derived from first principles. For instance, the crystal structures (rock salt, zinc blende, cesium chloride, etc.) presented in Chapter 3 are...well...just "presented," without any plausible explanation for their occurrance. It was as if their sole presence was to memorize them, without basing them in any sort of first principles. Quickly do I grow bored from books such as these, and, worse yet, no concepts really sink in. It was not until I read the excellent Materials text written by Callister that I understood at least one theory as to why these specific structures occur (ionic charge and ionic radii), and the concepts sank in.

Sorry, Dr. Shackleford, but until I see things derived from first principles, they do not sink in for me. Perhaps, however, a person working in industry would better benefit from such a text. Since this book is titled, specifically, as "...for scientists and engineers," I unabashedly assign two stars to this book. If a later edition came out with better explanations and theories (as described above) I would be happy to read it and rescind this review.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not good as a text book, December 27, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers (Hardcover)

Overall, the concepts are not explained very well.

What really bothered me about this book is that the materials covered in each chapter are not enough to do the exercises in the back of the very same chapter. This is not good, especially for an "introductory" text book.

This book and its earlier editions have drawn many complaints over the years from UC Davis students who were forced to buy it for class, but the school keeps using this text because (in my opinion) the book is written by a UCD professor.

I think for the money, the readers deserve a much better text book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chapter 3, August 31, 2003

By	"bragnov" (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers (5th Edition) (Hardcover)

Chapter 3, being the 2nd longest chapter, is full of plenty of valuable information. It is by no means a recreational reading material due to the wordy nature of the text. However, studied closely there is a bountiful amount of information on metal, ceramics and plastics at the atomic level. The author does a good job explaining the introductory material and could possible write another book entirely on this subject. Due to the wordy, technical nature, I will refrain from giving "two thumbs up" and only give 4 stars.