Fifty materials that make the world

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"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, clay, superalloys, lead, iron, steel, silicon, glass, rubber, comp…

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Full title :Fifty materials that make the world / Ian Baker ; with a foreword by Michael F. Ashby.

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Publication Date:©2018

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Springer
Place of Publication:Cham, Switzerland
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2018

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Description:xvii, 271 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783319787640, 3319787640, 9783030087807, 3030087808
oclc:on1027127179
LC Classification:TA403.6
Dewey Decimal:620.11

ABS plastics -- Aluminium/aluminum -- Asphalt -- Bakelite -- Bronze -- Celluloid -- Clay -- Concrete -- Copper -- Cotton -- Diamond -- Gallium arsenide -- Glass -- Glass fiber reinforced polymers -- Gold -- Graphite -- Gutta percha -- Iron -- Kevlar and other aramid fibers -- Lead -- Lead zirconate titanate -- Leather -- Lithium -- Magnesium -- Nickel-based superalloys -- Nitinol -- Nylon -- Paper -- Platinum -- Polyester -- Polyethylene -- Polypropylene -- Polystyrene -- Polytetraflouroethylene -- PVC -- Rare earth magnets -- Rayon -- Rubber -- Silicon -- Silver -- Steel -- Stainless steel -- Stone -- Tin -- Titanium -- Tungsten -- Uranium/uranium oxide -- Wood -- Wool -- Zinc.