Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering

The advancement of material engineering over the last few decades has allowed for the development of modern metallic and ceramic construction materials, composites, nanomaterials and various kinds of coatings with desired performance characteristics. They form the basis for the development of the automotive industry, the aviation industry, the chemical equipment industry, etc. They can function in ever higher temperatures and aggressive environments. On the other hand, the advancement of electronics requires the development of new and cheaper materials: semiconductors, insulators, materials with magnetic, ferrimagnetic or piezoelectric properties, etc. The desired properties of materials or their surface layers depend on chemical composition, dopants, and the concentration of point defects, through which the transport of ions and electrons takes place. The functional properties also depend on the nuances of production technologies which allow to obtain a specific texture and a desired concentration of ionic and electronic point defects. The monograph follows up on the issues related to the concentration of charge carriers in pure and doped oxides. Based on the diagrams of the concentration of point defects, the calculation results of the concentration of charge carriers and their mobility are presented, using the results of the studies on the electrical conductivity and the thermoelectric power in some specific oxides of 3d metals. In turn, the results of calculations of the ionic defect diffusion coefficients, conducted using the coefficients of self-diffusion and chemical diffusion as well as the concentration of ionic defects in these oxides, are presented. The given material will be useful to a wide range of researchers and developers of new materials with a wide range of required properties.

The presented publication will be useful not only to everyone who is just studying the principles and methods of organizing modern energy supply but also to specialists in power engineering as a short guide or reference. All the material in the presented publication is presented by the author in an accessible form, with a sufficient number of illustrations, appropriate programs for computer modelling and tasks for self-testing of knowledge. This edition undoubtedly will be popular with readers whose activity is related to the operation of power systems.

Since the 4th 1998 edition, there have been numerous crucial advances to the modelling and the basic understanding of solidification phenomena, and with its linking to experimental results. These topics have been incorporated into this 5th Fully Revised Edition, as well as a new final chapter on microstructure selection which explains how to combine the concepts of the preceding chapters for modelling real microstructures, in complex processes such as additive manufacturing.

This new 5th edition is of high interest to undergraduate and graduate levels and professionals. For orders you are welcome to download the Order Form.
With its numerous new topics - also borne out by the new authorship - students and teachers, scientists and engineers will greatly benefit from this new book. The topics are presented in the same praised manner as in previous editions, readable at three levels:
- an initial feel for the subject is obtained by consulting the figures and their detailed captions;
- a deeper understanding of the underlying physics is found by working through the main text;
- 15 appendices offer a detailed analysis of the various theories, by providing detailed derivations of the relevant equations.
Particularly Novel: the final chapter 8 on microstructure-selection explains how to combine the concepts of the preceding chapters to model the real microstructures formed during complex processes such as additive manufacturing, and the new detailed phase-field appendix which opens the door to the accurate computer-modelling of growth-forms.
This book has a companion book Solutions Manual which is available separately.

"A Pathological Mini-Atlas of Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion and Deterioration (MIC/MID) cases", authored and edited by Dr. Reza Javaherdashti, is a book that, in collaboration with several international world-known MIC professionals, has been written to shed light on some areas of MIC/MID that are still in the dark as well as designing a new systematic insight into the study of MIC/MID phenomena.

The leagile strategy is the symbiosis of lean and agile strategies in the modern supply chain management practice. The leagile approach implements the objective paradigm of meeting customer demands at the least total cost, providing greater competitiveness in today's realities.

In the presented research, the authors, based on an assessment of the current state of automotive production in Asia, propose and analyse a model of leagile strategy for supply chain management for the mentioned sector of the Asian economy. The edition will be helpful and exciting for readers whose activity is related to supply chain management practice.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the functioning and development of certain branches of industrial production is subject to detailed analysis taking into account the national and cultural specifics of a particular region, the degree of development of the national economy as a whole, anti-pandemic actions of governments, etc. Such an analysis will make it possible to outline a range of effective measures to counter the negative impact of the pandemic on the economy and develop a program for post-pandemic recovery of production. The monograph by Prof. Olga Shvetsova (Korea University of Technology and Education) is a striking example, a successful attempt at such an analysis on the example of the High-Tech Industry of South Korea.

The monograph ''Clinical Efficiency of Materials and Technologies for Fixed Prosthodontics'' is dedicated to elucidation of essential notions from the area of the Fixed prosthodontics. It deals with cast metal post and core systems, fiber-reinforced polymer post systems, metal-ceramic technology, all-ceramic systems, etc. It describes basic clinical and laboratory procedures involved in the manufacturing of these dental prostheses. It should serve as a guide for further research in any of the given areas described, and a manual for the most essential principles and concepts in the given subdiscipline od the Medical dentistry.

The work at hand deals with restorative dental materials that are being used for the treatment of the most common dental disease – dental caries (but for treatment of cuneiform erosions as well). The materials this work talks about are dental amalgams (metallic dental restorative material), dental resin composites, and glass-ionomer cements. This work looks at these materials from the perspective of their physical and chemical properties that influence the clinical efficiency of these materials (the quality of restorations).

This study examines the biodiesel production from waste cooking oils of different origin by conversion of fatty acids and free fatty acids to alkyl esters.

The present monograph focuses on the very fruitful method of equating particle-physics phenomena - where the speed of light is a key factor – to dislocation-motion in solids – where the speed of sound plays an analogous role. The so-called ‘dusty plasma’ has proved to be a very useful substitute and its use confirms that the particle/dislocation analogy is well-founded.