Materials

Corrosion is the disintegration of an engineered material into its constituent atoms due to chemical reactions with its surroundings. In […]

  Illustration of a redox reaction Redox (portmanteau for REDuction-OXidation) reactions describe all chemical reactions in which atoms have their

Ferromagnetism is the physical theory which explains how materials become magnets. Ferromagnetism is the basic mechanism by which certain materials

Electrical resistivity (also known as resistivity, specific electrical resistance, or volume resistivity) is a measure of how strongly a material

In physics, thermal conductivity, k, is the property of a material’s ability to conduct heat. It appears primarily in Fourier’s

The boiling point of an element or a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid

Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change in volume in response to a change in temperature.[1] When a

The liquidus temperature, TL or Tliq, is mostly used for glasses, alloys and rocks. It specifies the maximum temperature at

In chemistry, materials science, and physics, the solidus is the locus of temperatures (a curve on a phase diagram) below

In materials science, creep is the tendency of a solid material to slowly move or deform permanently under the influence