Book Description:
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

1. Cooperative Anistropic Theory of Ferromagnetic Hysteresis;
pp. 1-48
(Carl S. Schneider, U.S. Naval Academy, Maryland)

2. Image Reconstruction and Geometrical Analysis of Three-Dimensional Fracture Surfaces in Materials; pp. 49-79
(M. Tanaka et al., Akita University, Japan);

3. Optical Properties of Pd-free Au-Pt-based High Noble Alloys; pp.81-99
(Takanobu Shiraishi, Nagasaki Unversity, Japan)

4. Yield Surface of Shape Memory Alloys; pp. 101-115
(WM Huang and XY Gao, Nanyang Technological Uniersity, Singapore)

5. Recent Advances in Photoluminescence of Amorphous Condensed Matter; pp. 117-146
(Jai Singh, Charles Darwin University, Australia)

6. The Thermoluminescent (TL) Properties of the Perovskite-like KMgF3 Activated by Various Dopants: A Review ; pp. 147-156
(C. Furetta and C. Sanipoli, Rome University “La Sapienza”, Italy)

7. The Equivalent Simple Cubic System: A New Tool to Model Real Powder Systems Under Compression; pp. 157-190
(J.M. Montes et al., Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)

8. Barium Ion Leaching and its Effect on Aqueous Barium Titanate tape Properties; pp. 191-217
(Dang–Hyok Yoon and Burtrand I. Lee, Clemson University, South Carolina)

9. Surface Processes in Charge Decay of Electrets;
pp. 219-244
(G.A. Mekishev, University of Plovdiv 'P. Hilendarski', Bulgaria)

10. Theoretical Studies of Q1D Organic Conductors: A Personal Review; pp. 245-260
(Vladan Celebonovic, Institute of Physics, Montenegro)

Index pp.257-265