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Prince Rupert’s Drops: The Exploding Glass Teardrop
Chemical Tempering (Chemically Strengthened Glass)
Chemistry & Physics
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What Are the Units of Pressure?
College
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13 Reasons Why You Should Study Materials Science and Engineering
PhD in Materials Science – Is it Worth Doing?
Crystallography
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Crystallography Basics
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What Are Bravais Lattices? (Definition, Types, Examples)
What is Atomic Packing Factor (and How to Calculate it for SC, BCC, FCC, and HCP)?
Miller Indices for Crystal Directions and Planes
How to Read Hexagonal Crystal Directions and Planes (Miller-Bravais Indices)
Interstitial Sites: Size, Types, Applications, And Calculations
Primitive Unit Cells (including Wigner–Seitz and voronoi cells)
What Are Crystals and Grains?
The 7 Crystal Systems (with Examples and Images)
The Difference Between Crystal Systems and Crystal Families
What is the Difference Between “Crystal Structure” and “Bravais Lattice?”
Close-Packed Crystals and Stacking Order
How to Read Crystallography Notation (Pearson symbol, Strukturbericht, Space Groups)
What are Point Groups? (Simple Explanation)
List of Point Groups 2D and 3D
What are Space Groups? (Simple Explanation)
List of Space Groups
What Is the Difference Between FCC and BCC? (Crystal Structure, Properties, Interstitial Sites, and Examples)
What is the Difference Between FCC and HCP? (Crystal Structure, Properties, Interstitial Sites, and Examples)
Comparison of SC, BCC, FCC, and HCP Crystal Structures
Specific Structures
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Simple Cubic Unit Cell
Face-Centered Cubic (FCC) Unit Cell
Diamond Cubic Unit Cell
Body-Centered Cubic (BCC) Unit Cell
Simple Hexagonal Unit Cell
Hexagonal Close-Packed (HCP) Unit Cell
Double Hexagonal Close-Packed (La-type) Unit Cell
Simple Rhombohedral Unit Cell
Close-Packed Rhombohedral (Sm-type) Unit Cell
Simple Tetragonal Unit Cell
Body-Centered Tetragonal Unit Cell
Diamond Tetragonal Unit Cell (White Tin)
Simple Orthorhombic Unit Cell
Base-Centered Orthorhombic Unit Cell
Face-Centered Orthorhombic Unit Cell
Body-Centered Orthorhombic Unit Cell
Simple Monoclinic Unit Cell
Base-Centered Monoclinic Unit Cell
Triclinic Unit Cell
High Temperature Materials
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17 Metals With the Highest Melting Points (and Why)
Refractory Metals (Definition, Examples, and Applications)
What Are Superalloys? (Applications, History, and Metallurgy)
Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs): Materials, Manufacturing Methods, and Applications
Hastelloy C-276 (Composition, Properties, and Applications)
Superalloy Design
Magnetic Properties
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Magnetic Materials: Types of Magnetism, Applications, and Origin of Magnetism
Which Metals Are Magnetic? (List of Ferromagnetic and Ferrimagnetic Materials)
What Is Magnetic Hysteresis and Why Is It Important?
B-H vs M-H Hysteresis Loops: Magnetic Induction vs Magnetization (Similarities, Differences, and Points on the Graph)
Materials Characterization
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What is Scanning Electron Microscopy? (How it Works, Applications, and Limitations)
Material Science Fundamentals
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What is Materials Science and Engineering? The Definitive Explanation
What is the Materials Science Tetrahedron (Paradigm)?
What are Alloys? (Definition, Examples, and Metallurgy)
The Difference Between Alloys and Composites (and Compounds)
What Are Bravais Lattices? (Definition, Types, Examples)
What is Atomic Packing Factor (and How to Calculate it for SC, BCC, FCC, and HCP)?
The Hume-Rothery Rules for Solid Solution
What Are Semiconductors?
Why Do Metals Conduct Electricity?
What is the Difference Between Allotropes and Isotopes?
What is the Difference Between Polymorphism and Allotropy? (With Examples Beyond Carbon)
Materials Science vs Other Majors
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What is the Difference Between Materials Science and Chemistry?
What is the Difference Between Materials Science and Chemical Engineering?
What is the Difference between “Materials Science” and “Materials Engineering?”
Mechanical Properties
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What is Yield in Materials? Yield Stress, Yield Strength, and Yield Point
Elasticity and Young’s Modulus (Theory, Examples, and Table of Values)
True Stress-Strain vs Engineering Stress-Strain
Stress, Strain, and the Stress-Strain Curve
Metallurgy
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What are Alloys? (Definition, Examples, and Metallurgy)
Refractory Metals (Definition, Examples, and Applications)
What Are Superalloys? (Applications, History, and Metallurgy)
What Are Shape Memory Alloys? (Metallurgy, How They Work, and Applications)
What is Quenching?
15 Metals With The Lowest Melting Point
What is the Difference Between Iron, Steel, and Cast Iron? (Properties, Applications, and Metallurgy)
Why Do Metals Conduct Electricity?
Why Mercury is Used in Thermometers (and Modern Alternatives)
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