本教材系统地介绍了金属材料工程专业学生应掌握的主要专业知识。内容包括：材料概论、金属材料的晶体结构、合金的二元相图、金属材料的力学性能、金属材料的强化机理、碳素钢及合金钢、钢的热处理、铸铁及其热处理、有色金属及其热处理、表面硬化。其中金属材料的力学性能和金属材料的强化机理、热处理及表面硬化技术是领域内容。
本教材不仅可以作为金属材料工程专业学生的“专业英语书”，也可以作为学生理解高校金属材料专业课程的有价值的参考书。

Chapter 1 Introduction to Materials
1.1 The materials world
1.2 The task of materials researchers and engineers
1.3 Types of materials
1.3.1 Metals
1.3.2 Ceramics
1.3.3 Polymers
1.3.4 Composites
1.3.5 Semi-conductors
1.4 Selection of materials
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Chapter 2 Structure of Metal Materials
2.1 Crystal structure
2.1.1 Unit cells
2.1.2 Packing of atoms
2.1.3 Metallic structure
2.2 Defects in crystals
2.2.1 Point defects
2.2.2 Linear defects
2.2.3 Surface defects
2.3 Solidification of metals and ingot structures
2.3.1 Crystallization conditions
2.3.2 Spontaneous crystallization
2.3.3 Induced crystallization
2.3.4 Shapes of crystals and structure of ingots
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Chapter 3 Binary Phase Diagram of Alloys
3.1 Introduction to alloys
3.1.1 Solid solutions
3.1.2 Intermediate phases
3.2 Construction of phase diagrams
3.3 Typical equilibrium diagrams
3.3.1 Alloys with complete mutual solubility
3.3.2 Alloys with limited solubility and a eutectic composition
3.4 Iron-eementite diagram
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Chapter 4 Mechanical Properties of Metal Materials
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Tensile test
4.3 Strength, ductility, toughness, and resilience
4.3.1 Yield strength
4.3.2 Tensile strength
4.3.3 Ductility
4.3.4 Toughness
4.3.5 Resilience
4.4 Hardness
4.4.1 Rockwell hardness test
4.4.2 Brinell hardness test
4.4.3 Vickers micro-hardness test
4.4.4 Hardness conversion and correlation with tensile strength
4.5 Fatigue resistance
4.5.1 Definitions relating to fatigue fracture
4.5.2 Fatigue resistance testing
4.5.3 Methods to increase the fatigue resistance
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Chapter 5 Strengthening Mechanisms of Metal Materials
5.1 Deformation of metal materials
5.1.1 Characteristics of dislocations
5.1.2 Mechanism of plastic deformation
5.2 Strengthening mechanism of metal materials
5.3 Strain hardening (Work hardening)
5.4 Solid solution strengthening
5.5 Fining grain size strengthening
5.6 Precipitation/Dispersion strengthening
5.7 A brief sunmary
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Chapter 6 Carbon and Alloy Steels
6.1 Introduction to ferrous metals
6.2 Carbon steels
6.3 Alloy steels
6.3.1 Distribution and functions of the alloying elements
6.3.2 High-strength low-alloy structural steels
6.3.3 Medium-alloy nickel (chromium steels)
6.3.4 Manganese steels
6.3.5 Maraging steels
6.3.6 Tool steels
6.4 Stainless steels
6.4.1 Ferritic steels
6.4.2 Martensitic steels
6.4.3 Austenitic steels
6.5 Steels for use at high temperatures
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Chapter 7 Heat Treatment of Steels
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Microstructure transformations
7.3 TTT diagram
7.4 CCT diagram
7.5 Annealing
7.5.1 Full annealing
7.5.2 Sub-critical annealing
7.5.3 Spheroidising annealing
7.6 Normalizing
7.7 Quenching
7.8 Tempering
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Chapter 8 Cast Irons and Their Heat Treatment
8.1 The iron-carbon system for cast irons
8.2 Grey cast iron
8.2.1 Heat treatment of grey cast iron
8.2.2 Properties of grey cast irons
8.2.3 Specifications for grey iron castings
8.3 Malleable cast iron
8.3.1 Black-heart process
8.3.2 White-heart process
8.3.3 Pearlitie process
8.3.4 Properties and uses of malleable cast irons
8.3.5 Specifications for malleable cast irons
8.4 Spheroidal graphite cast irons
8.4.1 Properties and uses of spheroidal graphite cast irons
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