Fifty Materials That Make the World

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...

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Main Author: Baker, Ian. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78766-4
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505 0 |a 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. 
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