The Role/Importance of Engineering Materials Utilization in Present Day World

  OBASSI ETTU

Abstract: Materials had been in use since time immemorial. Our world is all about materials, which is why Materials Science and Engineering are taking prominence and centre-stage position in many developed and developing countries. Over the years there have been changes in man’s choice of materials for his engineering activities. The ages and times/period of man’s activities on earth are sometimes usually referred to by age and period when such materials were in vogue like the Stone Age, the Iron Age and the current Silicon age, etc. But the challenges of current world are constantly fuelling the discovery and development of new kinds of materials with the desired properties and the right cost to meet the challenges of the current day world. This article is, therefore, aimed at reviewing the advances made in engineering materials, their classification and the role/importance engineering materials in current day world vis-a-vis their properties and areas of application.

Keywords- Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Nanotechnology

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1501058
Page Number(s) - 308-323
Pubished in - Volume 3 | Issue 1 | Jan 2015
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  OBASSI ETTU,   "The Role/Importance of Engineering Materials Utilization in Present Day World", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.3, Issue 1, pp.308-323, Jan 2015, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1501058.pdf