Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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This group covers materials engineering.
It includes:

• ceramics science and ceramics engineering;
• polymer and textiles engineering;
• composite and hybrid materials;
• physical metallurgy and alloy materials;
• functional materials; and
• semiconductor engineering.

091201 Ceramics
091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials
091203 Compound Semiconductors
091204 Elemental Semiconductors
091205 Functional Materials
091206 Glass
091207 Metals and Alloy Materials
091208 Organic Semiconductors
091209 Polymers and Plastics
091210 Timber, Pulp and Paper
091299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:
a) Materials physics is included in Group 0204 Condensed Matter Physics.
b) Materials chemistry, including the theory and design of materials, is included in Group 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry.
c) Engineering of materials for automotive applications are included in Group 0902 Automotive Engineering.
d) Biomaterials are included in Group 0903 Biomedical Engineering.
e) Powder and particle technology is included in Group 0904 Chemical Engineering.
f) Construction materials are included in Group 0905 Civil Engineering.
g) Extractive metallurgy is included in Group 0914 Resource Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy.
h) Nanomaterials, molecular and organic electronics and nanotechnology are included in Group 1007 Nanotechnology.