Fifty Materials That Make the World
This book introduces materials and how advances in materials result in advances in technology and our daily lives. Each chapter covers a particular material, how the material was discovered or invented, when it was first used, how this material has impacted the world, what makes the material important, how it is used today, and future applications. The list of materials covered in this book includes stone, wood, natural fibers, metals, clay, lead, iron, steel, silicon, glass, rubber, composites, polyethylene, rare earth magnet, and alloys.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-319-78766-4
- EAN: 9783319787664
- Produktnummer: 27662626
- Verlag: Springer
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 15'249 KB
Über den Autor
Ian Baker is a Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College. His research interests include mechanical behavior of metallic alloys, magnetic materials, ice and snow, phase transformations, electron microscopy, and x-ray techniques.
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