Among the most intriguing discoveries in reent decades are the   high-temperature superconductors. Certain ceramics, such as this yttrium-barium-copper oxide lose all resistance to electrical conduction at relatively "temperatures. In this image,a small cylindrical sample of the superconducting ceramic floats freely   above a liquid-nitrogen-cooled permanent magnet. This magnetic effect is one of many useful properties exhibited by these novel materials.

Interactive Materials Science for Engineers CD-ROMs contain the follwing material :
-   Introduction: An intriduction to the CD-ROMs from the authors
-   Supplemental: Worked solutions to practice problems, plus two bonus chapters on thermodynamics and advanced stuctural topics (quasicrystals and fractals)
-   Software: Demo versions of commercial software and ready-to-run versions of freeware
-   Data : Data from experiments on X-ray diffraction,tensile testing,phase diagrams
-   Galleries: photo and video animation galleries
-   Community: Experiments and other course materials from the materials education community
-   Articles: Sample articles from ASM and ICDD, including chapters form ASM handbooks, alloy data sheets,articles from AM&P,and selected PDF files
-   Societies: Introductions to several of the many profrssional materials societies
-   Schools: Links to over 100 materials science, engineering, and technology programs in the United States and Canada
-   Additional Links:Links to over 100 interesting materials sites,including on-line tools, databases, software,societies, and so on

Part 1 The Fundamentals
Part 2 The Structural Materials
Part 3 The Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials
Part 4 Mater in Engeering Design