Materials engineering

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Materials engineering is a discipline related to materials science which focusses on materials design, processing techniques (casting, rolling, welding, ion implantation, crystal growth, thin film deposition, sintering, glassblowing, etc.), analytical techniques (electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction, calorimetry, etc.) and cost / benefit tradeoffs in industrial materials production.

See also:

• Timeline of materials technology

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Materials_engineering" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_engineering, used under the GNU Free Documentation License