This dimension links a material to the field of engineering that develops and applies it. Wikipedia notes stainless steel is used in "cookware, cutlery, surgical instruments, major appliances, vehicles, construction material," a spread of uses that spans materials science and several branches of engineering at once. Browsing by field groups materials studied within the same discipline.
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1. Wikipedia: Engineering
WikipediaIntroduction, traditional disciplinesQuote, Introduction, traditional disciplines
The traditional disciplines of engineering are civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical.
2. Wikipedia: Materials science
WikipediaIntroduction, mid-20th-century recognitionQuote, Introduction, mid-20th-century recognition
Beginning in the 1940s, materials science began to be more widely recognized as a specific and distinct field.
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