New pedagogy:
· “Materials of Importance” added to most chapters.  These brief topics discuss high interest applications of materials and relate them to topics in the book.  Some examples include “Shrink Wrap Polymer Films,” “Shape Memory Al-loys,” and “Nanocomposites in Tennis Balls.”
· “Concept Check” questions throughout chapter quiz students on their understanding of key ideas in the chapter.  An-swers are provided on the student companion site.
· A Picture is worth 1,000 words!  The Seventh Edition significantly revises the illustration program.  All illustrations are now in full color to enhance visualization, and are available electronically for use in lecture powerpoint presentation.  The approximate 500 figures include a large number of photographs that show the microstructure of various materials (e.g., Figures 9.14, 10.17, 13.14, 14.15 and 16.5).
· Key terms, and brief explanations of key equations, appear in margins for quick identification of the most important topics in the chapter. 
Content updates throughout, including (see text preface for complete list of changes by chapter):
· Chapter 1—New discussions that compare major properties of the several different types of materials.  New photo-graphs of common objects that are made of the various material types
· Chapter 3—Expanded discussions on crystallographic directions and planes in hexagonal crystals;  including some new related homework problems.
· Chapter 12—Amplified discussion on the relationship between coordination number and cation-anion radii ratios for ceramic materials.  Added discussion (and also an example problem) on temperature dependence of the number of Frenkel and Schottky defects.  Included a new section on fractorgraphy of ceramics.
· Chapter 13—new discussion on crystallization in glass-ceramics, and how isothermal transformation and continuous cooling transformation diagrams may be used.  Also a new section on the fabrication and heat treating of glass-ceramics.
· Chapter 14—refinements of terminology and explanations.  Elaborations on representations of polymer structures.  Eliminated discussion on fringed-micelle model.  Enhanced discussion on defects in polymers.  In section on diffu-sion in polymeric materials, added discussion on permeability in polymers, and also provide an example problem that deals with the flow rate of carbon dioxide through plastic beverage containers.
· Chapter 15—Revised:  fracture of polymers, deformation of semicrystalline polymers, adhesives, polymerization, and fabrication of fibers and films.

Enhanced Virtual Materials Science and Engin (VMSE) animations, featuring four new modules:  “Tensile Tests,” “Engineer-ing Materials Properties/Cost Database,” “Diffusion,” and “Solid Solution Strengthening.”

WileyPlus, an integrated system featuring an e-text, online homework management, study and practice resources, and instruc-tor presentation resources all in one central location.