Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering: An Integrated Approach

by William D. Callister Jr.

This text treats the important properties of the three primary types of materials--metals, ceramics, and polymers--as well as composites, and the relationships that exist between the structural elements of these materials and their properties.  Emphasis is placed on mechanical behavior and failure including, techniques that are employed to improve the mechanical and failure characteristics in terms of alteration of structural elements.  Furthermore, individual chapters discuss each of corrosion, electrical, thermal, magnetic, and optical properties.  New and cutting-edge materials are also discussed. Even if an instructor does not have a strong materials background (i.e., is from mechanical, civil, chemical, or electrical engineering, or chemistry departments), he or she can easily teach from this text.  The material is not at a level beyond which the students can comprehend--an instructor would not have to supplement in order to bring the students up to the level of the text.  Also, the author has attempted to write in a concise, clear, and organized manner, using terminology that is familiar to the students. Extensive student and instructor resource supplements are also provided.

Genres: Textbooks, Reference, Science, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, College

882 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2000

Reviews

[Sankalp · Rating 4 out of 5]

A decent but very incomplete introductory materials science book. I used this for my freshman intro course. It could have done a much better job of introducing biomaterials, ceramics, and crystal defects.. However, Callister does his job of introducing crystal structures, band formation, mechanical properties of materials, and polymers. All of these subjects were covered in the first 12 chapters of the book, which is where my course finished.

[Thomas Eiden · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed learning from this book. Watch out for hexagonal crystal systems though, they'll be the bane of you and your homework at 2 am.

[Sander Braathen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Covers the curriculum well for my undergrad course but, as a European with English as my second language, I have to give some feedback.

- It covers stuff too much, to a point where it's hard to find exactly what you're looking for.
- It uses unnecessary hard language. I've had to google words more than once to understand what I was reading. Also, the language is stiff. One example is the frequent use of the word and sentence layout with "respectfully". It has no use, it's better to just write stuff regularely.
- It uses a web page for some problems. This isn't a problem in itself, since there are a bunch of good problems in the book too, I just want to mention it and my dislike for books turning more and more digital.

Keep in mind that this review is my own opinions with my own background.

[Morris Yen · Rating 5 out of 5]

good textbook

[Alghadeer13 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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