The material of choice of a given era is often a defining point. Phrases such as Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Steel Age are great examples. Originally deriving from the manufacture of ceramics
and its putative derivative metallurgy, materials science is one of the
oldest forms of engineering and applied science. Modern materials
science evolved directly from metallurgy,
which itself evolved from mining and (likely) ceramics and the use of
fire. A major breakthrough in the understanding of materials occurred in
the late 19th century, when the American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs demonstrated that the thermodynamic properties related to atomic structure in various phases are related to the physical properties of a material. Important elements of modern materials science are a product of the space race: the understanding and engineering of the metallic alloys, and silica and carbon
materials, used in building space vehicles enabling the exploration of
space. Materials science has driven, and been driven by, the development
of revolutionary technologies such as rubbers, plastics, semiconductors, and biomaterials.
Before the 1960s (and in some cases decades after), many materials science departments were named metallurgy
departments, reflecting the 19th and early 20th century emphasis on
metals. The growth of materials science in the United States was
catalyzed in part by the Advanced Research Projects Agency,
which funded a series of university-hosted laboratories in the early
1960s "to expand the national program of basic research and training in
the materials sciences.The field has since broadened to include every class of materials, including ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, magnetic materials, medical implant materials, biological materials, and nanomaterials.
A material is defined as a substance (most often a solid, but other
condensed phases can be included) that is intended to be used for
certain applications.There are a myriad of materials around us—they can be found in anything
from buildings to spacecraft. Materials can generally be divided into
two classes: crystalline and non-crystalline. The traditional examples of materials are metals, semiconductors, ceramics and polymers.New and advanced materials that are being developed include nanomaterials and biomaterials, etc.
The basis of materials science involves studying the structure of materials, and relating them to their properties.
Once a materials scientist knows about this structure-property
correlation, they can then go on to study the relative performance of a
material in a given application. The major determinants of the structure
of a material and thus of its properties are its constituent chemical
elements and the way in which it has been processed into its final form.
These characteristics, taken together and related through the laws of thermodynamics and kinetics, govern a material's microstructure, and thus its properties.
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