Part Ⅰ Nonmetal Materials 1
Unit 1.1 Physical Chemistry of Silicate 1
Text 1 Silicate Structures and Structural Formula 1
Text 2 The Classification of Silicates 5
Text 3 The Typical of Silicates Forming Minerals 8
Unit 1.2 Phase Diagram of Silicates 16
Text 1 The Phase Rule 16
Text 2 Two Component Phase Diagram 17
Text 3 Some Practical Phase Diagrams 24
Unit 1.3 Cements 28
Text 1 Manufacture of Portland Cement 28
Text 2 Hydration of Portland Cement 30
Unit 1.4 Glass 34
Text 1 Glass Formation 34
Text 2 Glass Manufacturing Process 36
Text 3 Glass Viscosity 40
Unit 1.5 Ceramics 45
Text 1 Development of Ceramic Materials 45
Text 2 Types and Properties of Ceramic Products 48
Unit 1.6 Glass Ceramics 55
Text 1 The Development and Application of Glass Ceramics 55
Unit 1.7 Concrete 61
Text 1 Compressive Strength of Concrete and Factors Affecting It 61
Text 2 Properties of Hardened Concrete and Their Significance 66
Text 3 The Future of Concrete 69
Unit 1.8 Chemical Building Materials 72
Text 1 Foundations of Polymer Materials 72
Text 2 Plastics for Construction：Compositions，Processing and Applications 79
Text 3 The Concrete Admixtures 87
Text 4 Architecture Emulsion Paints 92
Part Ⅱ Metal Materials and Heat Treatment 99
Unit 2.1 Metal Materials 99
Text 1 Fe-C Phase Diagram 99
Text 2 Carbon Steel 101
Text 3 White Cast Irons 103
Text 4 Grey Cast Irons 105
Text 5 Alloying Elements 107
Unit 2.2 Principles of Heat Treatment 109
Text 1 IT and CCT Diagrams 109
Unit 2.3 The Austenite Transformation 112
Text 1 Formation and Coarsing of Austenite 112
Text 2 Solid State Transformations in Decomposition of Austenite 115
Text 3 Growth Mechanisms of Austenite 119
Text 4 The Formation of Pro-eutectoid Ferrite and Cementite 122
Unit 2.4 The Martensite Transformation 126
Text 1 Characteristics of the Martensite Transformation 126
Text 2 The Morphology of Martensite 130
Text 3 Softening and Tempering of Martensite 133
Unit 2.5 Transformation in Tempering 136
Text 1 Tempering of Plain Carbon Steels 136
Text 2 Mechanical Properties of Tempered Plain Carbon Steels and Alloy Steels 140
Text 3 The Effect of Alloying Elements in Tempering 143
Text 4 Tempering of Steels Containing Several Important Alloying Elements 148
Unit 2.6 The Hardenability and Heat Treatment of Steels 153
Text 1 The Hardenability and Its Testing 153
Text 2 The Effect of Grain Size and Chemical Composition on Hardenability 156
Text 3 Quenching Stresses and Quench Cracking 158
Unit 2.7 Common Heat Treatment 161
Text 1 Heat-Treating Theory 161
Text 2 Normalizing and Annealing 163
Text 3 Quenching 168
Text 4 Tempering 171
Unit 2.8 Chemical Treatment of Steels 174
Text 1 Principle and Technology of Gas Nitriding 174
Text 2 Plasma Nitriding 176
Text 3 Gas Carburizing 180
Text 4 Carbonitriding 182
Text 5 Metallic Cementation 184
Unit 2.9 Surface Hardening of Steel 186
Text 1 Surface Heat Treatment and Induction Hardening 186
Part Ⅲ Surface Engineering 191
Unit 3.1 Corrosion and Protection of Metals 191
Text 1 Corrosion of Metals in Different Environments 191
Text 2 Different Types of Corrosion 194
Text 3 Protection of Metals 197
Unit 3.2 Electroplating 202
Text 1 Electroplating Process 202
Text 2 Surface Preparation for Electroplating 204
Text 3 Trivalent Chromium Plating Technology 207
Unit 3.3 Electroless Plating 209
Text 1 Principle of Electroless Nickel Plating 209
Text 2 Application of Electroless Plating 214
Unit 3.4 Aluminium Anodizing 216
Text 1 Process and Application of Aluminium Anodizing 216
Text 2 Anodizing Technologies 219
Unit 3.5 Cr（Ⅲ）Passivation Technology 223
Text 1 Technology of Chromating Processes 223
Text 2 Chromate Coatings on Specific Metals 227
Unit 3.6 Phosphating 231
Text 1 Phosphate Coatings 231
Text 2 Testing for Phosphating 234
Unit 3.7 Coating Technologies 238
Text 1 Deposition Processes of PVD＆CVD 238
Text 2 Sputtered Coating 242
Text 3 Sputtering Techniques 246
Unit 3.8 Technologies of Painting and Coating 252
Text 1 Painting Technology 252
Text 2 Methods of Surface Preparation for Painting 255
Text 3 Coating Application 258
Text 4 Thermal Spray Coatings 262
Unit 3.9 Wastewater and Recycling in Su rface Treatment 266
Text 1 Wastewater and Treatment of Electroplating 266
Text 2 Reverse Osmosis（RO） 268
Text 3 Electroplating Industry Treatment Standard 269
Unit 3.10 Methods of Electrochemical Analysis 271
Text 1 Three-electrode System 271
Text 2 Voltammetry 273
Text 3 Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy（EIS） 277
Text 4 Analysis of Organic Plating Additives Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes 279
References 282