Materials Science and Engineering

• field of study devoted to understanding and controlling the performance of useful materials through the study of interrelationships between materials, synthesis, structure, and properties

  materials science and engineering
• basis for choosing a suitable material

  materials tetrahedron
• four aspects of the materials tetrahedron

  • processing
  • structure
  • properties
  • performance
• any of a category of electropositive elements that usually have a shiny surface, are generally good conductors of heat and electricity

  metallic materials
• any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, non-metallic mineral

  ceramic materials
• keramikas?


  burnt stuff
• compound ceramics are used for?

  insulators
• poly- ?

  many
• mers- ?

  units
• any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked simple organic units

  polymers
• many ethylene?

  polyethylene
• example of natural polymers

  Starch and cellulose
• unripe plastics that can be recycled

  thermoplastics
• ripe plastics which is not rubbery and more fragile?

  thermosets
• plastics that are rubbery

  elastomers
• solid material that has electrical conductivity in between a conductor and an insulator

  semiconductors
• types of semiconductors?

  elemental and compound
• what will you find at the heart of every IC?

  Silicon
• a collection of many, many transistors

  IC
• how many transistors does quad core have

  2 billion
• a combination of two or more materials

  composite materials
• laminated glass is for?


  safety and protection
• what is laminated glass composed of?

  glass and vinyl
• reinforced concrete should be slightly flexible
• materials which accords to the preferences of the user

  smart materials
• can be a replacement for veins

  carbon nanotubes