Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice / Michael F. Ashby.
Material type: TextPublication details: Amsterdam ; London : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: x, 616 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780123859716:
- 0123859719
- 620.11
- .A739 2013
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Previous ed.: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Material Dependence -- Resource Consumption and its Drivers -- The Material Life Cycle -- End of First Life -- A Problem or a Resource? -- The Long Reach of Legislation -- Eco-data -- Values, Sources, Precision -- Eco-audits and Eco-audit Tools -- Selection Strategies -- Eco-informed Material Selection -- Sustainability -- Living on Renewables -- The Bigger Picture -- Future Options -- Data Sheets -- Metals, Polymers, Ceramics, Composites, Natural Materials -- Appendix -- Units, Conversion factors, etc.
Addressing the growing global concern for sustainable engineering, Materials and the Environment, 2e is the only book devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials. It explains the ways in which we depend on and use materials and the consequences these have, and it introduces methods for thinking about and designing with materials within the context of minimizing environmental impact. Along with its noted in-depth coverage of material consumption, the material life-cycle, selection strategies, and legislative aspects, the second edition includes new case studies, important new chapters on Materials for Low Carbon Power and Material Efficiency, all illustrated by in-text examples and expanded exercises. This book is intended for instructors and students as well as materials engineers and product designers who need to consider the environmental implications of materials in their designs.
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