TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dereu, Brian, author
TI  - Raw and finished materials : : a concise guide to properties and applications 
SN  - 9781606500736 
AV  - CIR QC 320 K74 2012
U1  - 333.7'22  20
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Momentum Press, 
KW  - Primary commodities.
KW  - Raw materials.
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Environmental Economics.
KW  - Green Business.
KW  - NATURE -- Natural Resources.
N1  - Includes index
N2  - This book will be a single-source, easy-to-use reference work on the principal characteristics and uses for major common types of metals, composites, and plastics. It provides the key physical characteristics and mechanical characteristics, along with important considerations when machining and processing and fabricating with these materials. It covers some 600 specific materials, categorized into metals, plastics, wood products, and composites. For each material entry, the book offers such essential parameters as chemical composition, mass, hardness, yield strength, melting point, and electrical and thermal conductivity. It provides typical uses for each material cited. The entries will be cross-indexed by both trade and generic names, including common industry names used for alloys of ferrous and non-ferrous metals
ER  -