1. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 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
Kantesh Balani
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Phone: (+91) (512) , Fax: (+91) (512)
URL:

2. 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

3. 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, 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…

4. 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

5. 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)

6. The following hyperlinks are to file-wise substructure
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
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
4. CHAPTER 4: Structure of Solids
4.1 Metallic Solids
4.2 Ionic and Covalent Solids
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)

8. Hyperlink library 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
parallopiped_space_filling.ppt
ionicity_of_bond.ppt
lattice.ppt

9. Hyperlink library continued…
UC_OR_lattice.ppt
peierls_stress.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
symmetry.ppt
Symmetry_create_1D_lattice.ppt
symmetry_of_solids.ppt