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Understanding materials science : history, properties, applications /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hummel, Rolf E., 1934-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [1998]
Subjects:
Materials science.
Table of Contents:
  • The first materials (stone age and copper-stone age)
  • Fundamental mechanical properties of materials
  • Mechanisms
  • The bronze age
  • Alloys and compounds
  • Atoms in motion
  • The iron age
  • Iron and steel
  • Degradation of materials (corrosion)
  • The age of electronic materials
  • Electrical properties of materials
  • Magnetic properties of materials
  • Optical properties of materials
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • No ceramics age?
  • From natural fibers to man-made plastics
  • Gold
  • Economic and environmental considerations
  • What does the future hold?