材料學和材料技術為那些與材料開發，制造和測試有關的人提供基本和實用的信息。考慮到技術和經濟方面，以便于選擇最適合手頭目的的材料。 評論文章總結了新的發展，并提供了對該學科各方面的新見解。關于材料選擇，使用和測試的最新結果在原始文章中描述，其也涉及失敗處理和調查。 來自其他期刊的新出版物的摘要以及在會議上發表的講座和關于即將發生的事件的報告使該期刊更加完整。

Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik provides fundamental and practical information for those concerned with materials development, manufacture, and testing.Both technical and economic aspects are taken into consideration in order to facilitate choice of the material that best suits the purpose at hand. Review articles summarize new developments and offer fresh insight into the various aspects of the discipline.Recent results regarding material selection, use and testing are described in original articles, which also deal with failure treatment and investigation. Abstracts of new publications from other journals as well as lectures presented at meetings and reports about forthcoming events round off the journal.