Classes of Materials
Materials science encompasses various classes of materials, each of which may constitute a separate field. There are several ways to classify materials. For instance by the type of bonding between the atoms. The traditional groups are ceramics, metals and polymers based on atomic structure and chemical composition. New materials has resulted in more classes. One way of classifying materials is:
- Biomaterials
- Carbon
- Ceramics
- Composite materials
- Glass
- Metals
- Nanomaterials
- Polymers
- Refractory
- Semiconductors
- Thin Films
- Functionally Graded Materials
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