Introduction to materials science -- Color and other optical properties of materials -- Atomic and molecular origins of color -- Color in metals and semiconductors -- Color from interactions of light waves with bulk matter -- Other optical effects -- Thermal properties of materials -- Heat capacity, heat content, and energy storage -- Thermal expansion -- Thermal conductivity -- Thermodynamic aspects of stability -- Surface and interfacial phenomena -- Other phases of matter -- Electrical and magnetic properties of materials -- Electric properties -- Magnetic properties -- Mechanical properties of materials -- Mechanical properties.
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