Introduction to Engineering Materials

This book provides a basic text meeting the requirements of core courses in this area. Apart from covering all necessary topics, the book gives procedures, standards and specifications for materials and their testing, as per conditions and practices prevalent in the country. Trade names, compositions, properties and applications of engineering materials commonly used in industry have been given in the form of tables. A large number of schematic diagrams, engineering curves, tables and microstructures have been included to make the approach of the subject more illustrative, informative and demonstrative.