Dictionary of engineering materials
By: Harald Keller, Uwe Erb
Contributors: Erb, Uwe
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1314
Subjects: Materials -- Dictionaries
Genres: Dictionaries
Description: "The only dictionary of its kind, Dictionary of Engineering Materials contains more than 25,000 generic, trade-named, and trademarked engineering materials, all alphabetically arranged and complete with full explanations."--Jacket.
Notes: "Wiley-Interscience."

Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: title: Major groups of materials covered: Metallic materials. Metallic and semimetallic elements -- Ferrous metals and alloys -- Nonferrous metals and alloys -- Intermetallics -- Polymeric materials. Thermoplastic polymers -- Thermosetting polymers -- Elastomers -- Polymer blends -- Other polymeric materials -- Ceramics and glasses. Ceramic materials and products -- Glasses and glass products -- Glass-ceramics -- Clay and clay products -- Refractories -- Cements -- Other ceramics and glasses -- Composite materials. Dispersion-strengthened composites -- Particle-reinforced composites -- Fiber-reinforced composites -- Hybrid composites -- Structural and nonstructural laminates -- Concrete -- Other composite materials -- Wood and paper -- Softwoods -- Hardwoods -- Other wood-base materials -- Paper and paperboard -- Textiles and leather -- Textile fibers, filaments and yarns -- Textile fabrics -- Other textile materials -- Leather and leather products -- Leather imitates -- Adhesives, sealants and caulking materials. Natural adhesives -- Synthetic adhesives -- Sealants -- Caulking materials -- Abrasives. Natural abrasives -- Synthetic abrasives -- Electronic, photonic, optical and magnetic materials. Conductors -- Insulators -- Semiconductors -- Superconductors -- Photonic materials -- Optical materials -- Optoelectronic materials -- Permanent magnetic materials -- Soft magnetic materials -- Other electronic, optical and magnetic materials -- Other engineering materials. Nonmetallic elements -- Engineering minerals -- Organic and inorganic coatings -- Building and construction materials -- Biomaterials -- Zeolites and catalytic materials -- Selected pigments, colorants, dyes, fillers, extenders and additives.