Includes index

History and introduction -- Some history -- Materials -- Background you need to know -- Bonds and energy bands -- Models, crystals, and chemistry -- Binary compounds -- Complex crystal and Gglass structures -- Equilibrium phase diagrams -- Tools -- Furnaces -- Characterizing structure, defects, and chemistry -- Defects -- Point defects, charge, and diffusion -- Are dislocations unimportant? -- Surfaces, nanoparticles, and foams -- Interfaces in polycrystals -- Phase boundaries, particles, and pores -- Mechanical strength and weakness -- Mechanical testing -- Deforming : plasticity -- Fracturing : brittleness -- Processing -- Raw materials -- Powders, fibers, platelets, and composites -- Glass and glass-ceramics -- Sols, gels, and organic chemistry -- Shaping and fForming -- Sintering and gGrain growth