Using materials
By: BBC ; produced by Jeremy Johnston
Contributors: British Broadcasting Corporation
Publisher: Distributed by Insight Media
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Materials; Automobiles; Strength of materials
Description: This program examines the properties of materials, discussing tensile strength, compressive strength, malleability, ductile strength, hardness, and elasticity. It uses the example of a car to show how specific parts utilize different materials and highlights the relationship between properties and functions.
Notes: Videodisc release of a program originally broadcast in 1972.

Narrator: Paul Barnes.

DVD.