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Wikipedia: Materials science

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Wikipedia's overview article on materials science, including its emergence as a distinct field beginning in the 1940s. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_science
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
2
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for the discipline's scope and formation only.
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Wikipedia: Materials science
Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)

This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Disciplines, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Concepts, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Subcategories, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.

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