Develop a thorough understanding of the relationships between structure, processing and the properties of materials with Askeland/Wright's THE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OF MATERIALS, ENHANCED, SI, 7th Edition. This updated, comprehensive edition serves as a useful professional reference tool both now and throughout future coursework in manufacturing, materials, design or materials selection. This science-based approach to materials engineering highlights how the structure of materials at various length scales gives rise to materials properties. You examine how the connection between structure and properties is key to innovating with materials, both in the synthesis of new materials as well as in new applications with existing materials. You also learn how time, loading and environment all impact materials -- a key concept that is often overlooked when using charts and databases to select materials. Trust this enhanced edition for insights into success in materials engineering today.

This text provides students with a solid understanding of the relationship between the structure, processing, and properties of materials. Authors Askeland and Wright present the fundamental concepts of atomic structure and the behavior of materials and clearly link them to the "materials" issues that students will have to deal with when they enter the industry or graduate school (e.g. design of structures, selection of materials, or materials failures). Fundamental concepts are linked to practical applications, emphasizing the necessary basics without overwhelming the students with too much of the underlying chemistry or physics.

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Los materiales son un componente de habilitación de lo que los ingenieros pueden imaginar, diseñar y construir. En el límite de la innovación nos encontramos con el descubrimiento o la creación de materiales totalmente nuevos, lo que a menudo es posible gracias a modernas técnicas de procesamiento, que aluden al equilibrio para hacer que los materiales existan en estados metaestables, así como el desarrollo de herramientas para ensamblar, formar y estudiar los materiales a nanoescala. En la actualidad resulta rutinario analizar la estructura y composición de los materiales a nivel casi atómico, aplicar técnicas como la microscopía de alta resolución electrónica de transmisión, la incidencia rasante de difracción de rayos X y la espectroscopía de pérdida de energía de electrones. Al mismo tiempo, el procesamiento de los materiales ha avanzado hasta el punto en que se pueden generar o depositar láminas delgadas de sólo unas capas atómicas de grosor y fabricar estructuras tridimensionales con dimensiones de decenas de nanómetros o menos. Toda la industria de la electrónica se basa en estos avances.