Essentials Of Materials Science And Engineering
Essentials Of Materials Science And Engineering
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781337385497
Author: WRIGHT, Wendelin J.
Publisher: Cengage,
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.1P
Interpretation Introduction

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The term "composition of material" is to be defined.

Concept introduction:

A material is an object which is composed of mixture of substances or of a chemical substance. These can be pure or impure, living or non-living and can be classified according to the physical and chemical properties, their geological origin or functions they perform biologically.

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The relative amount of all the elemental species present in a material is known as the composition of a material. Chemical formula such as, empirical or molecular formula can be used to express it.

For example, water is a material composed of hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) with the formula H2O. This implies that a molecule of water contains 1 atom of oxygen and 2 atoms of hydrogen which is the chemical composition of water.

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