Electrical Engineer's Reference Book, 16th Edition

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Fundamental Properties of Materials

GR Jones, PhD, DSc, CEng, FIEE, MInstP,     University of Liverpool

Contents

Introduction 4.1

Mechanical properties 4.2

Thermal properties 4.3

Electrically conducting materials 4.4

Magnetic materials 4.5

Dielectric materials 4.6

Optical materials 4.7

4.8 The plasma state 4/8

4.1 Introduction

The properties of materials relevant to electrical engineering applications are mechanical, thermal and electromagnetic in nature. The mechanical properties which are of interest relate to the strength and deformation of materials, the latter being either reversible and governed by three elastic moduli or irreversible because of plastic changes or fracture. The thermal properties relate to heat capacity, conduction ...