Filtering for "Materials-Science"

• 2026
• 2026-03-30 Systems engineering in materials design Replacing one element in an alloy forces changes to processing, structure, and performance all at once. This post introduces the PSPP framework and the systems concepts behind it. If the chain from processing to performance is causal in both directions, it can be read backward, turning material substitution into a design problem. materials-science systems-thinking
• 2025
• 2025-08-05 Getting started with mixture experiments An introduction to mixture experimental design through a polymer yarn formulation example: simplex lattice design, Scheffé polynomials, response surface interpretation, and software recommendations. materials-science design-of-experiments
• 2024
• 2024-11-10 The discovery of the rare earth elements How chemists identified the 17 rare earth elements over more than a century and a half, from Gadolin's discovery of yttria in 1794 to the isolation of promethium in 1947. materials-science history-of-science chemistry
• 2024-10-27 The structure and metastability of glass Glass is amorphous, metastable, and undergoes a gradual rather than sharp transition from liquid to solid. This post covers the structure, the thermodynamics, and the glass transition. materials-science glass