S Chand Materials Science by RS Khurmi

This is a textbook of Civil Engineering branch of B.Tech, written by RS Khurmi and RS Sedha. This textbook is published by S Chand. It is meant for B.Tech students from different technical universities.

It talks of ‘Material Sciences’. The traditional examples of materials are metals, semiconductors, ceramics and polymers. New and advanced materials that are being developed include nano materials and bio materials, etc. The basis of materials science involves studying the structure of materials, and relating them to their properties.