material science
Studying structural properties
Material science is the study of how substances are structured and how that structure determines their properties and potential applications.
The field examines metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites to understand why materials behave as they do—why steel is strong, why glass is brittle, why rubber stretches.
Engineers and researchers in material science develop new materials for specific purposes: Material science breakthroughs enabled lighter aircraft and faster processors.
Also called materials science.
- metallurgyScience of extracting metals
- nanotechnologyAtomic-scale manipulation science
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- polymersLarge chain-like molecules
- semiconductorsPartially conductive materials
alloys · tensile strength · composites · nanomaterials · thin film · crystallography · crystal structure · biomaterials · microstructure · ceramics · phase transitions · steel-making · elasticity · ductile · brittle · tensile · substrate · corrosion resistance
- engineeringengineers, civil engineering, engineering, electrical engineering, blueprint
- structural engineeringstructural design, structural analysis, structural steel, structural engineering, stress analysis
- furniturebed, beds, chair, chairs, table
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- manufacturingfactories, factory, car factory, assembly plants, electronics factory
- shop classwoodworking, metalworking, shop teacher, wood shop, metal shop
material sciencetheoretical physics
Nature explained through equations
pure mathematics · philosophy · life sciences · biology · computer science
material scienceinformation theory
Mathematics of encoding signals
metaphysics · pure theory · pure mathematics · abstract reasoning · cognitive science
material sciencespiritualism
Communion with the deceased
idealism · metaphysics · theology · mysticism · parapsychology
science, material, materials, immaterial, materialistic, materialist, materiality, dematerialize, immateriality