Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Atomic Structure and Electronic Configuration
Chapter 3. Crystal Geometry and Structure
Chapter 4. Bonds in Solids
Chapter 5. Crystal Imperfection
Chapter 6. X-rays
Chapter 7. Diffusion in Solids
Chapter 8. Deformation of Materials
Chapter 9. Theory of Alloys: Constitution and Equilibrium Diagrams
Chapter 10. Phase Transformations
Chapter 11. Heat Treatment
Chapter 12. Organic Materials
Chapter 13. Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Materials
Chapter 14. Corrosion
Chapter 15. Mechanical Properties
Chapter 16. Photoelectric Effect
Chapter 17. Powder Metallurgy
Chapter 18. Electron Theory of Metals

About the Author

G K Narula is currently a Research Associate at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, She Obtained her M Sc degree from Punjab University and M Tech and Ph d degree from IIT Delhi. she has been assisting M Tech students and reaserch scholars in their projects and in research work. Her area of Interest is materials science,particularly the electrical properties of Polymer blends-a-fast upcoming feild of industrial importance. She has published eleven research papers in this feild in international journals.



K S Narula is at Pusa Polytechnic, New Delhi, where he is teaching the subject materials and Metallurgy. He has 25 years of teaching and practical experience in mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering.



V K Gupta is at the Delhi college of Engineering, Delhi where he teaches Material and Metallurgy. He is a graduate in Metallurgy from Roorkee University.