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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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78766-4 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.