Materials and the Environment

Eco-informed Material Choice
3. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-12-821521-0
Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 192 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 662 g

Materials and the Environment, Third Edition, discusses the history of our increasing dependence on materials and energy. The book explains where materials come from and how they are used in a variety of industries, along with their lifecycle and relationship to energy and carbon. In addition, it covers the controls and economic instruments that hinder the use of engineering materials, considers sustainability from a materials perspective, and highlights the importance of low-carbon power and material efficiency. Further sections cover the mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of engineering metals, polymers, ceramics, composites and natural materials and their relationship to environmental issues.

This book is intended for instructors and students of Engineering, Materials Science and Industrial/Product Design, as well as for materials engineers and product designers who need to consider the environmental implications of materials in their designs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ashby, Michael F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Produktdesign, Industriedesign
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Konstruktionslehre und -technik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Nachhaltigkeit, Grüne Technologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: material dependence

2. Resource consumption and its drivers

3. The materials life-cycle

4. End of first life: a problem or a resource?

5. The long reach of legislation

6. Eco-data: values, sources, precision

7. Eco-audits and eco-audit tools

8. Case studies: eco-audits

9. Material selection strategies

10. Eco-informed material selection

11. Renewable materials, Natural materials

12. Criticality and Supply-Chain Risk

13. Circular Materials Economics

14. Materials and Sustainability

15. Appendix A. Material Property Data

16. Appendix B. Eco and Supply-chain Data

Über Autor(innen)

Ashby, Michael F.
Mike Ashby is one of the world's foremost authorities on materials selection. He is sole or lead author of several of Elsevier's top selling engineering textbooks, including Materials and Design: The Art and Science of Material Selection in Product Design, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Materials and the Environment, Materials and Sustainable Development, and Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design. He is also co-author of the books Engineering Materials 1&2, and Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design.