id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt istl-1899 Materials Science Resources on the Web .html text/html 3746 203 37 Materials Science encompasses the study of the structure and properties of any material, as well as using this body of knowledge to create new types of materials, and to tailor the properties of a material for specific uses. The field encompasses the spectrum of materials: metals, ceramics, polymers (plastics), semiconductors, and combinations of materials called composites (Iowa State University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering 2001). cache/istl-1899.html txt/istl-1899.txt