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Engineering Materials Technology, 2nd Edition
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Engineering Materials Technology, 2nd Edition

by William Bolton
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
468 pages
20h 15m
English
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Content preview from Engineering Materials Technology, 2nd Edition
Basic
structure
of
materials
13
Ionic,
covalent and metallic bonds are termed primary bonds, while the
bonds resulting form either permanent or induced dipoles are called
secondary
bonds. Primary bonds are much stronger than secondary bonds.
States of matter
Materials can be classified as having three possible states: gas, liquid or solid.
Solids have definite shapes and volumes. Liquids have definite volumes but
can alter their shape to take up the shape of
a
containing vessel. Gases have no
definite volume or shape but expand until they fill any container in which they
are placed. In general, solids have higher densities than their liquid ...
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ISBN: 9781483141077