Fifty Materials That Make the World

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Baker, Ian (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Materials science.; Nanotechnology.; Chemistry.; Ceramics.; Glass.; Composites (Materials).; Composite materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Popular Science in Chemistry and Materials.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials.

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 importa...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1. ABS Plastics
• Chapter 2.Aluminium/Aluminum
• Chapter 3.Asphalt
• Chapter 4. Bakelite
• Chapter 5.Bronze
• Chapter 6.Celluloid
• Chapter 7.Clay
• Chapter 8.Concrete
• Chapter 9. Copper
• Chapter 10. Cotton
• Chapter 11. Diamond
• Chapter 12. Gallium Arsenide
• Chapter 13.Glass
• Chapter 14.Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers
• Chapter 15.Gold
• Chapter 16.Graphite
• Chapter 17.Gutta Percha
• Chapter 18.Iron
• Chapter 19.Kevlar and Other Aramid Fibers
• Chapter 20.Lead
• Chapter 21.Lead Zirconate Titanate
• Chapter 22.Leather
• Chapter 23.Lithium
• Chapter 24.Magnesium
• Chapter 25.Nickel-Based Superalloys
• Chapter 26.Nitinol
• Chapter 27.Nylon
• chapter 28.Paper
• Chapter 29.Platinum
• Chapter 30.Polyster
• Chapter 31. Polyethylene
• Chapter 32. Polypropylene
• Chapter 33. Polystyrene
• Chapter 34. Polytetraflouroethylene
• Chapter 35.PVC
• Chapter 36.Rare Earth Magnets
• Chapter 37.Rayon
• Chapter 38.Rubber
• Chapter 39.Silicon
• Chapter 40. Silver
• Chapter 41. Steel
• Chapter 42. Stainless steel
• Chapter 43. Stone
• Chapter 44. Tin
• Chapter 45. Titanium
• chapter 46. Tungsten
• Chapter 47. Uranium/Uranium Oxide
• Chapter 48. Wood
• Chapter 49. Wool
• Chapter 50. Zinc.