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Author Ashby, M. F.

Title Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice / Michael F. Ashby
Edition 2nd ed
Published Waltham, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Engineering professional collection
Contents 1. Introduction -- Material Dependence -- 2. Resource Consumption and its Drivers -- 3. The Material 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. Selection Strategies -- 9. Eco-informed Material Selection -- 10. Sustainability -- Living on Renewables -- 11. The Bigger Picture -- Future Options -- 12. Data Sheets -- Metals, Polymers, Ceramics, Composites, Natural Materials -- Appendix -- Units, Conversion factors, etc
Summary 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. Introduces methods and tools for thinking about and designing with materials within the context of their role in products and the environmental consequences Contains numerous case studies showing how the methods discussed in the book can be applied to real-world situations Includes full-color data sheets for 40 of the most widely used materials, featuring such environmentally relevant information as their annual production and reserves, embodied energy and process energies, carbon footprints, and recycling data New to this edition: New chapter of Case Studies of Eco-audits illustrating the rapid audit method New chapter on Materials for Low Carbon Power examines the consequences for materials supply of a major shift from fossil-fuel based power to power from renewables New chapter exploring Material Efficiency, or design and management for manufacture to provide the services we need with the least production of materials Recent news-clips from the world press that help place materials issues into a broader context.are incorporated into all chapters End-of-chapter exercises have been greatly expanded The datasheets of Chapter 15 have been updated and expanded to include natural and man-made fibers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Materials -- Environmental aspects
Materials -- Environmental aspects
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011046988
ISBN 9780123859716
0123859719
9780123859723
0123859727
9781283735070
1283735075