Critical Materials Contributor(s): King, Alexander (Author) |
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ISBN: 0128187891 ISBN-13: 9780128187890 Publisher: Elsevier OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Materials Science - General - Business & Economics | Real Estate - General |
Dewey: 333.8 |
LCCN: 2020947218 |
Series: Materials Today |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.83 lbs) 276 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Critical Materials takes a case-study approach, describing materials supply-chain failures from the bronze age to present day. It looks at why these failures occurred, what the consequences were, and how they were resolved. It identifies key lessons to guide responses to current and anticipated materials shortages at a time when the world's growing middle class is creating unprecedented demand for manufactured products and the increasingly exotic materials that go into them. This book serves as a guide to materials researchers and industrial end-users for finding effective approaches to shortages of specialty materials. The lessons in the book are also appropriate to those who use materials and for those involved in manufacturing supply-chain management and industrial design. |