Wikipedia: Materials science

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Materials Science is the study of materials that engineers

Materials Science is the study of materials that engineers

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has a large degree of overlap with solid chemistry and
applied physics, and also the science of geology, plus of

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(much like, say, the split between anthropology and sociology):
when engineers got interested in things besides metal,
the metallurgists became "materials scientists".

Materials Science is the study of materials that engineers are interested in working with. The actual subject matter has a large degree of overlap with solid chemistry and applied physics, and also the science of geology, plus of course the engineering diciplines themselves. The existence of materials science as a separate discipline is more a mater of history than anything inherent in the subject itself (much like, say, the split between anthropology and sociology): when engineers got interested in things besides metal, the metallurgists became "materials scientists".