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Understanding Materials Science: History · Properties · Applications

✍ Scribed by Rolf E. Hummel (auth.)

Publisher
Springer New York
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Leaves
429
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages N1-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The First Materials (Stone Age and Copper-Stone Age)....Pages 3-11
Fundamental Mechanical Properties of Materials....Pages 12-23
Mechanisms....Pages 24-65
The Bronze Age....Pages 66-73
Alloys and Compounds....Pages 74-101
Atoms in Motion....Pages 102-122
The Iron Age....Pages 123-137
Iron and Steel....Pages 138-150
Degradation of Materials (Corrosion)....Pages 151-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
The Age of Electronic Materials....Pages 169-179
Electrical Properties of Materials....Pages 180-216
Magnetic Properties of Materials....Pages 217-238
Optical Properties of Materials....Pages 239-264
Thermal Properties of Materials....Pages 265-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
No Ceramics Age?....Pages 281-313
From Natural Fibers to Man-Made Plastics....Pages 314-349
Gold....Pages 350-354
Economic and Environmental Considerations....Pages 355-374
What Does the Future Hold?....Pages 375-379
Back Matter....Pages 381-414

✦ Subjects

Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

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