Fifty materials that make the world / Ian Baker ; with a foreword by Michael F. Ashby.
Baker, Ian (Materials scientist); Ashby, M. F.
2018
TA403.6
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Title Fifty materials that make the world / Ian Baker ; with a foreword by Michael F. Ashby.
Author Baker, Ian (Materials scientist)
ISBN 9783319787664 (electronic book)
3319787667 (electronic book)
9783319787640
3319787640
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78766-4
Published Cham : Springer, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-78766-4 doi
Call Number TA403.6
Dewey Decimal Classification 620.11
Summary 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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Intro; Dedication; Foreword for Fifty Materials That Make the World; Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; Chapter 1: ABS Plastics; Reference; Chapter 2: Aluminium/Aluminum; References; Chapter 3: Asphalt; References; Chapter 4: Bakelite; References; Chapter 5: Bronze; References; Chapter 6: Celluloid; References; Chapter 7: Clay; References; Chapter 8: Concrete; References; Chapter 9: Copper; References; Chapter 10: Cotton; References; Chapter 11: Diamond; References; Chapter 12: Gallium Arsenide; Reference; Chapter 13: Glass; References.

Chapter 14: Glass Fiber Reinforced PolymersReferences; Chapter 15: Gold; References; Chapter 16: Graphite; References; Chapter 17: Gutta Percha; References; Chapter 18: Iron; References; Chapter 19: Kevlar and Other Aramid Fibers; References; Chapter 20: Lead; References; Chapter 21: Lead Zirconate Titanate; References; Chapter 22: Leather; References; Chapter 23: Lithium; References; Chapter 24: Magnesium; References; Chapter 25: Nickel-Based Superalloys; References; Chapter 26: Nitinol; References; Chapter 27: Nylon; References; Chapter 28: Paper; References; Chapter 29: Platinum.

Chapter 47: Uranium/Uranium OxideReferences; Chapter 48: Wood; References; Chapter 49: Wool; References; Chapter 50: Zinc; References.

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