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Broadly, engineering materials can be classified as: (a) Metallic materials and (b) Non-Metallic materials. Metallic materials could further be classified as: (i) Ferrous metals (consisting of iron and alloys of iron) and (ii) Non-Ferrous materials and alloys. Non-metallic materials include plastics, asbestos, rubber, wood, concrete, ceramics etc. The selection of a material for a particular application is governed by the [...]