武丽华等编著的《材料工程技术专业英语》共分6个教学单元，每个单元有多篇课文和一篇课外阅读，课文内容为水泥、玻璃、混凝土、玻璃钢、建筑材料等的材料性能、组成、生产工艺等，重点是材料的生产工艺和设备，每篇课文后附形式多样的练习题，力求实用、简单、趣味。附录部分有英文元素周期表及各类材料分类的词汇表。本书可作为各类高职、大专、成教、中专的材料工程技术及相关专业的英语教材及参考书，也可作为生产企业的培训教材。

武丽华等编著的《材料工程技术专业英语》共分为6个教学单元，每个单元由多篇课文和一篇课外阅读组成，分别介绍水泥、玻璃、混凝土、玻璃钢、建筑材料等的材料性能、组成、生产工艺等，重点介绍材料的生产工艺和设备。每篇课文后都附有形式多样的练习题，力求实用、简单。附录部分有英文元素周期表及各类材料分类的词汇表，方便读者查阅。

《材料工程技术专业英语》可作为高等院校材料工程技术及相关专业的英语教材及参考书，也可作为生产企业的培训教材。

Unit 1 Introduction to materials 1

Text 1 Types of materials 2

Text 2 Properties of materials 6

Unit 2 Cement and its manufacture 9

Text 1 History of cement 10

Text 2 Types of Portland cement 12

Text 3 Chemical composition and raw materials of Portland cement 15

Text 4 Hardening and corrosion of Portland cement 18

Text 5 Specifications and tests of cement 21

Text 6 Manufacture of Portland cement 1-- Preparation of the raw meal 24

Text 7 Manufacture of Portland cement 2 -- Preparation of the

clinker and cement 28

Text 8 The cement kiln 32

Reading text A brief overview on kiln 37

Unit 3 Glass and its manufacture 39

Text 1 Introduction to glass 40

Text 2 Raw materials of the glass industry 47

Text 3 Batch of glass plant 53

Text 4 Furnace and glass melting 56

Text 5 Float glass production 1 60

Text 6 Float glass production 2 65

Text 7 Annealing lehr 69

Text 8 Production of further processed glass 74

Text 9 Borosilicate glass 78

Reading text Toughened glass 82

Unit 4 Concrete 83

Text 1 Introduction to concrete 84

Text 2 Aggregates 87

Text 3 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout 90

Text 4 Fresh concrete 94

Text 5 Properties of hardened concrete 98

Text 6 Concrete with reinforcing materials 101

Text 7 High strength concrete 105

Reading text Readymixed concrete 108

Unit 5 Fiber-Reinforced-Plastic 111

Text 1 Composite material and classification 112

Text 2 Fiber-Reinforced-Plastic composite materials 114

Text 3 Properties of constituent materials 117

Text 4 Applications of FRP in engineering 119

Text 5 Production processes for Fiber-Reinforced-Plastic composite materials 123

 Reading text The Application of FRP in Building Structures 129

Unit 6 Building materials 131

Text 1 Building materials 132

Text 2 A classic building material--brick 135

Text 3 The properties of structural steel 138

Text 4 Green building materials 140

Text 5 Plastic materials 144

Text 6 Refractories 147

Reading text Construction of steel 150

Appendix 1 The Periodic Table of Elements 153

Appendix 2 Vocabulary 154

References 164