Materials and the Environment, Third Edition, discusses the history of our increasing dependence on materials and energy. The book explains where materials come from and how they are used in a variety of industries, along with their lifecycle and relationship to energy and carbon. In addition, it covers the controls and economic instruments that hinder the use of engineering materials, considers sustainability from a materials perspective, and highlights the importance of low-carbon power and material efficiency. Further sections cover the mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of engineering metals, polymers, ceramics, composites and natural materials and their relationship to environmental issues.
This book is intended for instructors and students of Engineering, Materials Science and Industrial/Product Design, as well as for materials engineers and product designers who need to consider the environmental implications of materials in their designs.
Key Features
- 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 datasheets for dozens 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
1. Introduction: material dependence
2. Resource consumption and its drivers
3. The materials 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. Case studies: eco-audits
9. Material selection strategies
10. Eco-informed material selection
11. Renewable materials, Natural materials
12. Criticality and Supply-Chain Risk
13. Circular Materials Economics
14. Materials and Sustainability
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Das Buch gibt einen sehr schönen Überblick über verschiedenste Materialien. Wertvoll ist hier, dass zu den verschiedenen Materialien sowohl die Mechanischen, als auch die Ökologischen Aspekte erwähnt werden und in den selben Tabellen ersichtlich sind. So ist es für Ingenieure bedeutend einfacher, ein geeignetes Material auszuwählen und diese miteinander zu vergleichen.
Excellent material.
Recommend Materials and the Environment by Michael F. Ashby for the B.Eng (Hons) degree programme. The environmental impacts of materials choice and sustainability has been dealt well in this text with illustrations.
This book presents an easy process for assessing and including sustainability in materials science. It is a good resource for introducing these concepts to undergraduate students. The database is very comprehensive, and can be used as a tool when setting authentic assessment.
The new version seems to be more complete than the previous one. At first glance I' ve been excited. It covers both my courses "Ecodesign" and "Material selection in product development". I will definitely use it as a core book on both courses.