Environmental Effects on Engineered Materials
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Author(s): R. H. Jones (Ed.)
Publisher: Marcel Dekker
ISBN: 0824700740
Format: hardback
509pp
Price: $195.00
Review Date: 29 June 2001
Review: This reference book discusses the effect of corrosion and the environment on a wide range of materials: metals, intermetals, glassy metals, ceramics and composites of metals, and ceramics and polymer materials. New materials and coatings are being developed at a rapid rate, and there has been an increase in the substitution or replacement of one class of material by another. These materials are being pushed to perform in a wider range of environments. Aqueous and high temperature environments, which may contain varying amounts of corrosive species, are commonly encountered by advanced materials. In other cases, the effect of environments such as water, solvents, wine and food thought to be relatively benign, must be understood. This book discusses the effects of different environments on this broad range of materials, and offers the reader guidance in material selection and substitution.