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专业英语教材 机械与土木工程学院 Unit 1 Engineering Materials In the design and manufacture of a product, it is essential that the material and the process be understood. Material differ widely in physical properties, machinability characteristics, methods of forming, and possible service life. The designer should consider these facts in selecting an economical material and a process that is best suited to the product. Engineering materials are of two basic types: metallic or nonmetallic. Nonmetallic materials are further classified as organic or inorganic substances. Since there is an infinite number of nonm