Synopsis
Materials science includes those parts of chemistry and physics that deal with the properties of materials. It encompasses four classes of materials, the study of each of which may be considered a separate field: metals; ceramics; polymers and composites. Materials science is often referred to as materials science and engineering because it has many applications. Industrial applications of materials science include processing techniques (casting, rolling, welding, ion implantation, crystal growth, thin-film deposition, sintering, glassblowing, etc.), analytical techniques (electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, calorimetry, nuclear microscopy (HEFIB) etc.), materials design, and cost/benefit tradeoffs in industrial production of materials. This book presents new research directions in a very new field which happens to be an old field as well.

Table Of Contents

Preface

             Cooperative Anisotropic Theory of Ferromagnetic Hysteresis

                                 Carl S. Schneider

             Image Reconstruction and Geometrical Analysis of Three-Dimensional Fracture Surfaces in Materials

                                 Manabu Tanaka

                                 Yosuke Kimura

                                 Ryuichi Kato

                                 Junnosuke Taguchi

                                 Naohide Oyama

             Optical Properties of Pd-Free Au-Pt-Based High Noble Alloys

                                 Takanobu Shiraishi

             Yield Surface of Shape Memory Alloys

                                 W.M. Huang

                                 X.Y. Gao

             Recent Advances in Photoluminescence of Amorphous Condensed Matter

                                 Jai Singh

             The Thermoluminescent (TL) Properties of the Perovskite-Like KMgF3 Activated by Various Dopants: A Review

                                 C. Furetta

                                 C. Sanipoli

             The Equivalent Simple Cubic System: A New Tool to Model Real Powder Systems under Compression

                                 J.M. Montes

                                 F.G. Cuevas

                                 J. Cintas

                                 J.A. Rodriguez

                                 E.J. Herrera

             Barium Ion Leaching and its Effect on Aqueous Barium Titanate Tape Properties

                                 Dang-Hyok Yoon

                                 Burtrand I. Lee

             Surface Processes in Charge Decay of Electrets

                                 G. A. Mekishev

             Theoretical Studies of QID Organic Conductors: A Personal Review

                                 Vladan Celebonovic

Index