Interdisciplinary field of materials science covers the design and discovery of new materials, particularly solids.
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Interdisciplinary field of materials science covers the design and discovery of new materials, particularly solids.
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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.
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Important elements of modern materials science were products 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.
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Materials science has driven, and been driven by, the development of revolutionary technologies such as rubbers, plastics, semiconductors, and biomaterials.
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The materials science field has since broadened to include every class of materials, including ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, magnetic materials, biomaterials, and nanomaterials, generally classified into three distinct groups: ceramics, metals, and polymers.
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Material science is defined as a substance that is intended to be used for certain applications.
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Basis of materials science is studying the interplay between the structure of materials, the processing methods to make that material, and the resulting material properties.
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Nanomaterials research takes a materials science based approach to nanotechnology, using advances in materials metrology and synthesis, which have been developed in support of microfabrication research.
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Biomaterials science encompasses elements of medicine, biology, chemistry, tissue engineering, and materials science.
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The term "additives" in polymer science refers to the chemicals and compounds added to the polymer base to modify its material properties.
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Materials science evolved, starting from the 1950s because it was recognized that to create, discover and design new materials, one had to approach it in a unified manner.
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