Materials principles and practice /
Materials Principles and Practice deals with materials science in the technological context of making and using materials. Topics covered include the nature of materials such as crystals, an atomic view of solids, temperature effects on materials, and the mechanical and chemical properties of materi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Milton Keynes, England :
Materials Department, Open University : Butterworths,
1990.
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| Series: | Materials in action series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Materials Principles and Practice deals with materials science in the technological context of making and using materials. Topics covered include the nature of materials such as crystals, an atomic view of solids, temperature effects on materials, and the mechanical and chemical properties of materials. This book is comprised of seven chapters and begins with an overview of the properties of different kinds of material, the ways in which materials can be shaped, and the uses to which they can be put. The next chapter describes the state of matter as a balance between the tendencies of atoms to. |
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| Item Description: | This text forms part of an Open University Materials Department course. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (405 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 9781483142081 1483142086 |