近一、二十年来，国外正在兴起一门新的工程学科，这就是表面工程（Surfaceengi－neering），并且成为当前工作最为活跃、发展最为迅速的领域之一。本文对表面工程作一简要介绍，目的在于推动这个新兴学科的应用和发展。1产品失效与表面工程所谓表面工程就是利用各种物理、化学 In the recent one or two decades, a new engineering discipline is emerging in foreign countries. This is Surfaceeng-neering and has become one of the most active and rapidly developing fields in the world. This paper gives a brief introduction of surface engineering, the purpose is to promote the application and development of this emerging discipline. 1 product failure and surface engineering The so-called surface engineering is the use of a variety of physical and chemical