Concise Dictionary of Materials Science

A detailed knowledge of the terminology and its background is necessary for a fundamental understanding of the professional literature in the field of materials science. This sharply focused authoritative lexicon affords the reader a coherent idea of microstructure formation and evolution. All the term definitions are supplied with explanations and cross-references offering a consistent picture of microstructure in metallic and non-metallic polycrystalline materials. Written by an author with over thirty years of teaching and research experience it fills the terminological gap between the textbooks on materials science and the professional literature.Concise Dictionary of Materials Science: Structure and Characterization of Polycrystalline Materials contains more than 1400 terms commonly used in modern literature research and practice. Throughout the dictionary the emphasis is on lattice defects and their role in diffusion plastic deformation and phase transitions as well as on the granular structure and its formation and changes in the course of phase transitions recrystallization and grain growth. In addition all the entries from the dictionary are presented in the English-German/German-English Glossary providing in one volume quick access to the key concepts and terms in both of the languages.Highlighting structure description formation and characterization Concise Dictionary of Materials Science is a very useful reference for students in materials science and engineering for researchers engineers and technologists in metalworking microelectronic and ceramic industries as well as for readers without a technical background.