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May 06, 2024
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PHY 628 - Physics and Engineering of MaterialsCredits: 3
Explores how the history of a material (its processing) influences its structure, and thus determines its properties and performance. The earliest humans lived in the Stone Age, where people used only natural materials such as stone, clay, skins, and wood. Later, people discovered copper and how to harden it, leading to the Bronze Age about 3000 B.C. The use of iron and then steel, gave mankind an even stronger and harder material, with the Iron Age beginning about 1200 B.C. Inexpensive processes to produce steel were commercialized in the 1800s, enabling the Industrial Age and modern civilization as we know it. In the 20th Century, the development of solid-state electronics brought modern man into the Silicon Age.
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