Materials Science and Engineering for the 1990s
Subtitle: Maintaining Competitiveness in the Age of Materials
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: January 1, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780309039284
Subjects: Material Science; Technology / Material Science; Materials Science (General); Technology & Industrial Arts; Engineering; Materials science; Science/Mathematics
Description: Conclusions, and recommendations -- 1. What is materials science and engineering? -- 2. Materials science and engineering and national economic and strategic security -- 3. Research opportunities and functional roles of materials -- 4. Research opportunities and the elements of materials science and engineering -- 5. Manpower and education in materials science and engineering -- 6. Resources for research in materials science and engineering -- 7. Comparisons of efforts in materials science and engineering of selected nations -- Appendices : issues in materials research: -- A. Synthesis -- B. Processing -- C. Performance -- D. Instrumentation -- E. Analysis and modeling.