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Title:
Materials : a very short introduction / Christopher Hall.
Author:
Hall, Christopher (Materials scientist), author.
Publication Information:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

©2014
Call Number:
TA403 .H3325 2014
Abstract:
From the publisher. The study of materials and their properties forms an important area of research. Christopher Hall introduces the field of material science using gold, sand, and string -- familiar things that represent the big families of metals, ceramics, and polymers. By explaining their properties, how materials are created, and the processes involved in their fabrication into objects, he shows how materials science brings together engineering and technology with physics, chemistry, and biology. He also shows how materials influence communications, the media, architecture, building, and the fine arts.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780199672677
Series:
Very short introduction ; 405

Very short introductions ; 405.
Physical Description:
xviii, 137 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
1. Gold, sand, and string -- 2. Close inspection -- 3. Tough but slippery -- 4. Electric blue -- 5. Making stuff and making things -- 6. Such quantities of sand -- Appendix 1. A very short guide to quantities and units -- Appendix 2. Abbreviations for some common polymers -- Appendix 3. Nobel Prizes for materials.
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