How long does it take to read Elements of Materials Science and Engineering, 6Th Edition?
Lawrence H. Van Vlack
Elements of Materials Science and Engineering, 6Th Edition by Lawrence H. Van Vlack takes about 10 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 58 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1975. 598 pages, about 164,450 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 16 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 51 minutes |
The page count is the median across 9 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This classic textbook, Elements of materials science and engineering, is the sixth in a series of texts that have pioneered in the educational approach to materials science engineering and have literally brought the evolving concept of the discipline to over one million students around the world. The major modification to this edition has been in the attention to the commonalty found within the materials field, in which structures and properties are considered generically for all materials rather than categorically by material classes-metals, polymers, ceramics, and semiconductors. This pedagogical change reflects the growing coherence and overall importance of materials science engineering and thereby establishes a sound foundation for later courses dealing with specific kinds of materials.
Subjects: Materials, Solids, Solides, Werkstoffkunde, Matériaux, Chimie physique
