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Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice / Michael F. Ashby.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, [2009]Copyright date: c2009Description: xi, 385 pages : illustartions ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781856176088 (pbk.)
  • 1856176088 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 620.11 22 A.M.M
LOC classification:
  • TA403.6 .A84 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : material dependence -- Resource consumption and its drivers -- The materials life cycle -- End of first life : a problem or a resource? -- The long reach of legislation -- Ecodata : values, sources, precision -- Eco-audits and eco-audit tools -- Selection strategies -- Eco-informed material selection -- Sustainability : living on renewables -- The bigger picture : future options -- Material profiles -- Appendix : useful numbers and conversions.
Review: "As concerns for the environment grows, there is a corresponding trend to incorporate sustainability into engineering education. Materials and the Environment addresses this growing concern with this full-length text devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : material dependence -- Resource consumption and its drivers -- The materials life cycle -- End of first life : a problem or a resource? -- The long reach of legislation -- Ecodata : values, sources, precision -- Eco-audits and eco-audit tools -- Selection strategies -- Eco-informed material selection -- Sustainability : living on renewables -- The bigger picture : future options -- Material profiles -- Appendix : useful numbers and conversions.

"As concerns for the environment grows, there is a corresponding trend to incorporate sustainability into engineering education. Materials and the Environment addresses this growing concern with this full-length text devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials."--BOOK JACKET.

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