1. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING AN INTRODUCTORY E-BOOK
A Learner’s Guide
AN INTRODUCTORY E-BOOK
Anandh Subramaniam
FB408, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Phone: (+91) (512) , Fax: (+91) (512)
URL: home.iitk.ac.in/~anandh
Kindly send your comments and feedback for improvement at this address
Kantesh Balani
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Phone: (+91) (512) , Fax: (+91) (512)
URL:
Project coordination
Funded by MHRD, Govt. of India through NMEICT

2. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING A Learner’s Guide
Anandh Subramaniam Kantesh Balani
To My Parents & My Daughter Luminaa
MHRD, Govt. of India through NMEICT

3. Basic References
Though the reader can consult the following books; the contents of the e-book course may often differ in the rigour and details from these and other books.
Materials Science and Engineering (5th Edition) V. Raghavan Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2004.
Callister's Materials Science and Engienering William D Callister (Adapted by R. Balasubramaniam) Wiley Inida (P) Ltd., 2007.
The Science and Engineering of Materials Donald. R. Askeland & Pradeep Phulé Cengage Learning, 2006.
Click here Slide 6: Jump to Navigator Page
For Contents
Click here Slide 8: Jump to Hyperlink Library
Click here Video library: Jump to Video/Graphics Library

4. (Credits, Syllabus, Marks… are just incidental!)
What will you learn?
Introduction to diverse kinds of engineering materials
Overview of what determines the properties of materials and how we engineer them
Structure of materials and various lengthscales: crystal structure, electromagnetic structure, defect structure, microstructure…
Stability and metastability of materials: the thermodynamics and kinetics
The tools used in materials science: x-ray diffraction, phase diagrams, TTT diagrams…
Properties of materials: elasticity, plasticity, fracture, fatigue, creep, conduction, magnetism…
This ebook hopefully will prove an invaluable guide to a ‘learner of materials science & engineering’
(Credits, Syllabus, Marks… are just incidental!)
Click here to take a diagnostic test to see if you are ready for this course!
“A teacher’s job is to uncover and not cover the syllabus”- Richard M Felder

5. Guidelines to Readers Instruction for viewing
The contents have been developed such that most of the material is in the form of figures, flow charts, video graphics and less is in the form of text. Hence, instead of saying happy reading we wish you happy viewing!
Instruction for viewing
Using Powerpoint files (.ppt). Click on the relevant hyperlink on the Navigator page.
In the PowerPoint presentations Right Click on the Menu bar to launch the web toolbar (you can use this to navigate back and forth)
Using .pdf (Portable Document Format) files. Adobe Acrobat Reader- freeware ( will be required for this purpose.
Using Open Office. Powerpoint (.ppt) and Open Office Presentation (.odp) files can be opened with Open Office (
 VIEWING POWERPOINT FILES
Start with the PowerPoint files by double clicking on any file.
To start PowerPoint (PPT) presentation from the first slide  press F5
To start PowerPoint (PPT) presentation from the current slide  press Shift + F5
To scroll down slides use Page Down or 
Text hyperlinks are underlined in blue colour
 OTHER TIPS IN VIEWING
Text boxes and figures may also be hyperlinked (curser has to be placed on the item to see that it is hyperlinked- arrow will change into a hand())
Some of the hyperlinks may have screen tips  place curser on the hyperlink to see tip
If you want to open a hyperlink as a separate presentation  Click on the hyperlink
If you want to open a hyperlink within the current window in the current presentation  press Control + Click on the hyperlink (this will work if you have launched the PPT file directly by double clicking)
From a 'hyperlinked presentation' to come back to the main presentation  press Esc

6. Since concepts are presented in presentation mode,
Note on accompanying videos
At various places in the chapters there are hyperlinks to videos (.mpg) files → to view these you will need an appropriate viewer (e.g. windows media player). (.gif graphics will directly play inside .ppt)
A listing of these videos is given in the video_library.ppt
Though the chapters are complete in themselves with figures, these videos give ‘classroom style’ explanation of concepts using models.
Since concepts are presented in presentation mode,
READ EVERY LINE AND EVERY WORD…
A note on the platform chosen for presentation
Windows (XP) based applications have been used to develop the course material. These include: Word, Excel and Powerpoint (2003 versions)
Users of Linux and other platforms may use the pdf version of the Word and Powerpoint files. Additionally, students not having access to Microsoft Office may use the OpenOffice freeware to open the MS office files: (download and install: (there might be some losses in conversion- which is usually not major if Office 2003 is used along with Open Office 3.1)

7. 1. CHAPTER 1: Introduction 1.1 Introduction to Materials
The following hyperlinks are to file-wise substructure. Content-wise substructure will appear in respective chapters.
1. CHAPTER 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction to Materials
1.2 Hierarchy of Lengthscales
7. CHAPTER 7: Diffusion in Solids
8. CHAPTER 8: Phase Transformations Surface Energy and Surface Tension Heat Treatment
Solidification, Crystallization and Glass Transition Recovery, Recrystallization and Grain Growth
2. CHAPTER 2: Equilibrium and Kinetics
2.1 Thermodynamics
2.2 Kinetics
3. CHAPTER 3: Crystal Geometry
3.1 Overview, Geometry of Crystals
3.2 Miller Indices
3.3 X-ray Diffraction
9. CHAPTER 9: Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Elasticity
5.3 Plasticity
5.4 Creep
5.5 Fracture
5.6 Fatigue
4. CHAPTER 4: Structure of Solids
4.1 Metallic Solids
4.2 Ionic and Covalent Solids
10. CHAPTER 10: Electrical Conductivity
5. CHAPTER 5: Crystal Imperfections
5.1 Overview
5.2 Point Defects (0D)
5.3 Dislocations (1D)
5.4 Two Dimensional and Volume Defects (3D)
11. CHAPTER 11: Semiconductors
11. CHAPTER 12: Magnetic Materials
CHAPTER 6: Phase Diagrams Phase Diagrams Detailed

8. Guidelines to Teachers & Instructors
The course contents are extensive in some places and instructors may want to reduce the content in some topics.
Instructors may download the appropriate files and delete the portion not needed. This will help tailor the contents for any specific syllabus or need. (I.e. you can copy left, right and centre!!).
If you still want to cite you can use the following:  MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: A Learner’s Guide, Anandh Subramaniam,
Any feedback or comments on improvement from instructors and students alike would be highly appreciated
Kindly take time out ask yourself and me questions: “a well phrased question is half the answer in itself”.

9. Hyperlink library Basics_of_Thermodynamics.ppt Laue_picture.ppt
bonding_and_properties.ppt
line_broadening.ppt
close_packed_crystals.ppt
connection_between_symmetry_and_geometry.ppt
magnetic_groups.ppt
constructive_interference.ppt
Making_crystals.ppt
defect_association.ppt
models_for_crystal_structures.ppt
defect_in_defect.ppt
Motifs.ppt
dislocation_stress_fields.ppt
mystry_missing_lattices.ppt
from_L+M_SG.ppt
other_signals_xray.ppt
Graphene_crystal.ppt
ordered_structures.ppt
HCP.ppt
interfaces.ppt
parallopiped_space_filling.ppt
ionicity_of_bond.ppt
lattice.ppt

10. Hyperlink library continued…
UC_OR_lattice.ppt
peierls_stress.ppt
Point_groups_detailed.ppt
Understanding_stress.ppt
proof_rotations_crystal.ppt
Quasicrystals.ppt
unit_cell.ppt
reciprocal_lattice.ppt
simple_to_complex_crystal_structures.ppt
video_library.ppt
size_factor_compounds.ppt
voids_in_crystals.ppt
space.ppt
weak_interactions.ppt
structure_factor_calculations.ppt
XRD_lattice_parameter_calculation.ppt
sublattice.ppt
symmetry.ppt
XRD_sample_patterns.ppt
Symmetry_create_1D_lattice.ppt
symmetry_of_solids.ppt

12. MHRD is acknowledged for funding for the project via the NMEICT.
I thank Prof. Rajesh Prasad (Applied Mechanics, IIT Delhi) for his ‘fundas’ and teaching style.
I thank all my students who have motivated me to make continuous improvement to the book. [Kindly help by pointing out mistakes and suggestions for improvement].
I am sincerely indebted to all the feedback, queries, encouragement and kudos* I have received from across the globe (few are as below).
Acknowledgments
Please accept my congrads for your excellent lectures notes provided in your webpage. I have addressed them to students who need rich and training metallurgical materials. I was wondering if you intend to add the lecture notes on Dislocations and Plasticity topic? if not, any chance that I can have the same? Good luck, Ahmad Rezaeian, Research Associate at McGill University in Canada.
I found your talk "Voids in crystals" in the internet and it seems impressive for me. Is it possible to get the referred movies? Frank Rietz, University Magdeburg & Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Göttingen, Germany.
I teach an undergraduate course in Materials Science at Vanderbilt University. I ran into a powerpoint of yours that describes octahedral and tetrahedral voids. I would be grateful if I may use them ONLY for the edification of my students. Ashok Choudhury, Ph.D., CLP, Sr. Licensing Officer, Adjunct Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,, Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, Vanderbilt University, USA.
My name is Shachar Richter from Tel Aviv University, I am teaching a surface science course and would like to ask you to use one of your ppt files related to 2D Bravis lattices for this course, Best Shachar, Center for Nano Science and Nanotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
This past semester, I used a couple slides from your webpage as a tutorial. Namely,  the ones on diffusion and crystal structures. They were really helpful for my teaching practices.  Thank you for putting efforts into making them. I am sure a lot of students all over the world are finding them helpful. Yours sincerely,  Sanket Sunil Navale, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
* Kudos: From Greek meaning acclaim or praise.