Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
1．1 Introduction
1．2 The Materials Cycle
1．3 Family of Materials
1．4 Materials Characterization
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Chapter 2 Ceramic Materials
2．1 Introduction
2．2 Traditional ceramics
2．3 Properties of Ceramics
2．4 Advanced ceramics
2．5 Ceramic Processing
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Chapter 3 Metallic Materials
3．1 Introduction
3．2 Ferroalloy
3．3 Nonferrous Metals
3．4 Metal Powders
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Chapter 4 Polymeric Materials
4．1 Polymer Chemistry
4．2 Polymer Fabrication and Characterization Techniques
4．3 Plastics
4．4 Elastomers： Natural and Synthetic Rubbers
4．5 Coatings and Adhesives
4．6 Functional Polymers
4．7 Recycling
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Chapter 5 Energy Materials
5．1 Introduction
5．2 Solar Cells
5．3 Nuclear Power
5．4 Materials for Supercapacitors
5．5 Materials for Ion Batteries
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Chapter 6 Nano materials
6．1 Introduction
6．2 Nanoparticles
6．3 1D Nanomaterials
6．4 2D Nanomaterials
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Chapter 7 Biomaterials
7．1 Biocompatibility
7．2 Bioceramics
7．3 The significance to study biocompatibility
7．4 Biologically relevant properties
7．5 Types of biocompatibility tests
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Chapter 8 Composite Material
8．1 Introduction to Composite Materials
8．2 Polymer Matrix Composites
8．3 Ceramic Matrix Composites
8．4 Metal Matrix Composites
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