No. Chapter Name Page No. 1. Introduction To Material Science 1 to 15 1.1. Importance 1 1.2. Engineering Requirements of Materials 1 1.3. Important Properties of Engineering Materials 2 1.4. Types of Materials 13 Exercise 15 2. Crystal Geometry 16 to 61 2.1. Atoms and Atomic Co-ordination 16 2.2. Atomic Structure 17 2.3. Bonds in Solids 26 2.4. Crystal Structure 31 2.5. Space Lattices 32 2.6. Unit Cell 32 2.7. Crystal Systems 33 2.8. Crystal Structure for Metallic Elements 35 2.9. Atomic Packing Factor 38 2.10. Co-ordination Numbers 41 2.11. Crystal Directions and Planes 42 2.12. Interplanar Spacing 48 2.13. Bragg's Law 49 2.14. X-ray Diffraction 51 2.15. Ordered and Disordered Structures 54 2.16. Stacking Sequences and Faults 55 Solved Examples 56 Exercise 61 3. Crystal Imperfections 63 to 90 3.1. Types of Imperfections 63 3.2. Point Defects 64 3.3. Dislocations 67 3.4. Surface Defects 73 3.5. Volume Defects 75 3.6 . Experimental Techniques for Observing Dislocations 75 3.7. Electron Microscopy 75 3.8. Diffusion Processes 77 Exercise 87 4. Structure, Properties and Control In Multiphase Solids 91 to 182 4.1. Introduction 91 4.2. Basic terms 92 4.3. Phases in alloys 94 4.4. Solid solutions 98 4.5. Phase diagrams 102 4.6. Gibb's phase rule 103 4.7. Cooling curve 105 4.8. Interpretation of phase diagram 109 4.9. Phase diagrams for binary systems 111 4.10.Phase transformation 126 4.11.Allotropy of iron 132 4.12.Iron-Carbon phase diagram 133 4.13.T.T.T. diagram 149 4.14.Heat treatment of steel through control of micro structures 156 Solved Question 172 Exercise 180 5. Conducting Materials 183 to 236 5.1. Conducting Materials 184 5.2. Superconductivity 200 5.3. Semiconductors 204 5.4. Insulators 216 5.5. Ferroelectricity 233 5.6. Piezoelectricity 234 Exercise 235 6. Magnetic and Optical Properties of Materials 237 to 286 6.1. Magnetic Properties of Materials 237 6.2. Optical Properties of Materials 268 Exercise 285 7. Ceramic Materials 287 to 306 7.1. Introduction 287 7.2. Ceramic phases 289 7.3. Bonds of ceramic compounds 290 7.4. Mechanical and electrical behaviour of ceramics 293 7.5. Various ceramic materials 295 Solved questions 301 Exercise 305 8. Metals 307 to 343 8.1. Ferrous Metals-Types-Steel and Cast Iron 307 8.2. Pig Iron 309 8.3. Cast Iron 312 8.4. Wrought Iron 322 8.5. Carbon Steel 324 8.6. Alloy Steel 327 8.7. Non-ferrous Metals and Alloys 331 8.8. Aluminium and its Alloys 331 8.9. Copper and its Alloys 333 8.10.Lead and its Alloys 335 8.11. Tin 335 8.12. Zinc 335 8.13. Composition, Properties and Uses of Metals and Alloys 336 Exercise 342 9. Concrete 344 to 364 9.1. Portland Cement 344 9.2. Concrete mixes and reinforced concrete 350 9.3. Introduction to other cements and concretes 357 Solved questions 360 Exercise 362 10. Timber 365 to 376 10.1. Structure and properties 365 10.2. Common Indian timbers and their properties 369 10.3.Processed wood 370 Solved questions 371 Exercises 375 11. Glasses 377 to 385 11.1.Introduction 377 11.2.Pyro ceramics and glasses 379 11.3. Toughened glass 382 11.4. Strengthening of glasses 383 Exercise 384 12. Organic Materials 386 to 408 12.1. Polymerization 386 12.2. Polymer Structures 393 12.3. Plastics and Synthetic Resins 395 12.4. Elastomers and Rubbers 399 12.5. Protective Coatings 402 12.6.Fibres 403 Solved Questions 403 Exercise 406 13. Composites 409 to 426 13.1. Material combinations 409 13.2. Reinforced materiais 414 13.3. High stiffness composites 418 Solved questions 420 Excercise 424 14. Performance of Materials In Service 427to 438 14.1. Service Requirements 427 14.2. Fracture 428 14.3.Fatigue 431 14.4. High temperature failures 435 Exercise 437 15. Corrosion 439 to 475 15.1. Introduction 439 15.2. Types of corrosion 441 15.3. Factors governing corrosion 442 15.4. Mechanism of corrosion 442 15.5. Corrosion control 467 Solved questions 470 Exercise 472 16. Introduction To Miscellanceous Engineering Materials 46 to 425 16.1.HOPE, LDPE 476 16.2. Thermocole 477 16.3. Teflon 478 16.4.Fiberglass 478 16.5.Foam Resins 479 16.6.PUF 479 16.7. Polyester Fibers 480 16.8. Neoprene 480 16.9. Acrylics 481 16.10. Superconducting Materials 481 16.11. Solar Cells 482 16.12. Optical Fibers 483 16.13. Silicon chips 485 16.14. Magnetic Tapes 487 16.15. Freon 487 16.16. High Tensile Steel 488 Exercise 489 Appendix (A) Periodic Table 491 (B) Universal Constants 492 Index 493 to 500 University Papers 501-506