Fifty Materials That Make the World

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Ian Baker

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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, metals, clay, lead, iron, steel, silicon, glass, rubber, composites, polyethylene, rare earth magnet, and alloys.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date NZ

July 6th, 2018

Author

Ian Baker

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2018

Illustrations

137 Illustrations, color; 42 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 271 p. 179 illus., 137 illus. in color.

Pages

271

ISBN-13

9783319787640

Product ID

27702549

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