In this video you'll learn about two of the three main types of materials that we use as engineers: metals and ceramics.

Topics discussed in this video:

• Properties of metals, alloys, ceramics, clay, cement, and glass-ceramic materials
• Applications of materials with microelectromechanical systems and accelerometers

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Metals & Ceramics: Crash Course Engineering

*Correction: @5:37 aluminum oxide is not rust; rust refers only to iron oxide. Aluminum does corrode and the process by which it corrodes has been referred to as 'rusting', even if it is technically not rusting unless the material is iron or steel.

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