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Materials : a very short introduction / Christopher Hall.

By: Hall, Christopher (Materials scientist) [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Very short introductions: 405.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First edition.Description: xviii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199672677 (paperback); 0199672679 (paperback).Subject(s): Materials | Materials scienceDDC classification: 620.1 HAL
Contents:
Gold, sand, and string -- Close inspection -- Tough but slippery -- Electric blue -- Making stuff and making things -- Such quantities of sand.
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 620.1 HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000934673
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The study of materials is a major field of research that supports and drives innovation in technology. Using modern scientific techniques, materials scientists and engineers explore and manipulate materials, and create new ones with remarkable strength and extraordinary optical and electrical properties. In this Very Short Introduction, Christopher Hall looks at a wide range of materials, from steel, wood, and rubber, to gold, silicon, and graphene, describing how materials are used, how their properties arise from their internal structure, and how useful and novel things are made from them. He concludes by looking at how the global scale of materials consumption now threatens the goal of sustainability. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-129) and index.

Gold, sand, and string -- Close inspection -- Tough but slippery -- Electric blue -- Making stuff and making things -- Such quantities of sand.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Gold, sand, and string
  • 2 Close observation
  • 3 Tough but slippery
  • 4 Electric blue
  • 5 Making stuff and making things
  • 6 Such quantities of sand
  • Further reading
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Christopher Hall is Professor Emeritus and Professorial Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, where he was previously Professor of Materials. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.