{"product_id":"9783030132477","title":"Materials Handbook A Concise Desktop Reference","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaterials Handbook\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Concise Desktop Reference\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrançois Cardarelli\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Engineering \/ Materials Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe unique and practical \u003ci\u003eMaterials Handbook \u003c\/i\u003e(third edition) provides quick and easy access to the physical and chemical properties of very many classes of materials. Its coverage has been expanded to include whole new families of materials such as minor metals, ferroalloys, nuclear materials, food, natural oils, fats, resins, and waxes. Many of the existing families—notably the metals, gases, liquids, minerals, rocks, soils, polymers, and fuels—are broadened and refined with new material and up-to-date information. Several of the larger tables of data are expanded and new ones added. Particular emphasis is placed on the properties of common industrial materials in each class. After a chapter introducing some general properties of materials, each of twenty-four classes of materials receives attention in its own chapter. The health and safety issues connected with the use and handling of industrial materials are included.\u003cbr\u003e Detailed appendices provide additional information on subjects as diverse as crystallography, spectroscopy, thermochemical data, analytical chemistry, corrosion resistance, and economic data for industrial and hazardous materials. Specific further reading sections and a general bibliography round out this comprehensive guide. The index and tabular format of the book makes light work of extracting what the reader needs to know from the wealth of factual information within these covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dr. François Cardarelli has spent many years compiling and editing materials data. His professional expertise and experience combine to make this handbook an indispensable reference tool for scientists and engineers working in numerous fields ranging from chemical to nuclear engineering. Particular emphasis is placed on the properties of common industrial materials in each class. After a chapter introducing some general properties of materials, materials are classified as follows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eferrous metals and their      alloys;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eferroalloys;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003ecommon nonferrous      metals;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eless common metals;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eminor metals;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003esemiconductors and      superconductors;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003emagnetic materials;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003einsulators and dielectrics;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003emiscellaneous electrical      materials;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eceramics, refractories and      glasses;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003epolymers and elastomers;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eminerals, ores and      gemstones;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003erocks and meteorites;\u003c\/li\u003e  soils and fertilizers;  \u003cli\u003econstruction materials;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003etimbers and woods;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003efuels, propellants and      explosives;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003ecomposite materials;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003egases;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eliquids;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003efood, oils, resin and waxes;\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003enuclear materials.\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003efood materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrançois Cardarelli has had wide-ranging commercial and industrial experience of materials, commodities and processes:\u003c\/p\u003e            \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eat CNRS in Paris he designed and used electrochemical sensors for pollution control;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eas a research scientist at Électricité de France he helped to invent methods of preparation of industrial titanium and tantalum electrodes;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eas a registered professional consultant in Toulouse, he solved problems in electrochemical engineering, the selection of electrode materials, corrosion and high-temperature operation;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eat the Avestor Corporation, he worked as an industrial electrochemist and materials expert in charge of strategic raw materials, scientific and technical support for lithium processing and, as Battery Product Leader, in charge of lithium polymer batteries for electric vehicles, down-hole drilling anf telecommunications he defined battery requirements and specifications and invented pyrometallurgicaland hydrometallurgical processing for spent lithium batteries;\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eat Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium, he was principal chemist for Materials at Sorel-Tracy in Québec dealing with valorization processes for industrial residues and refractory benchmarking. He invented two processes for electrowinning of titanium from slags and the electrolysis of metallic iron and regeneration of chlorine from metal chloride wastes.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eat the Material and Electrochemical Research (MER) Corp., Tucson (Arizona, USA) he was principal electrochemist working on the electrowinning of titanium metal powder from composite anodes and other materials-related projects.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efollowing a period as Manager of Recycling at 5NPlus Inc in Saint-Laurent Québec, since 2010, he has been President and owner of the company Electrochem Technologies \u0026amp; Materials Inc., based in Montreal (Quebec), Canada, manufacturing industrial electrodes, producing niobium, tantalum, and tungsten fine chemicals from industrial  by-products and concentrates, inventing, developing, patenting and commercializing novel electrochemical and chemical technologies for electrowinning iron and iron-rich alloys from industrial wastes and effluents, and recycling rare earth oxides from spent fluorescent lamps.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Doctor Cardarelli is also the author of \u003cem\u003eEncyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures\u003c\/em\u003e for Springer (ISBN: 1-85233-682-X).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 January 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer International Publishing\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783030132477\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMultiple component retail product\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2254\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51561663594636,"sku":"9783030132477","price":314.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030132477.jpg?v=1784811723","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030132477","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}