Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice / Michael F. Ashby.
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TextPublisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: Second editionDescription: x, 616 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0123859719
- 9780123859716
- 620.110286 23
- TA403.6 .A739 2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction - Material Dependence -- 2. Resource Consumption and its Drivers -- 3. The Material 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 Materials Selection -- 11. Sustainability: Living Within Our Means -- 12. Materials for Low-Carbon Power -- 13. Material Efficiency -- 14. The Bigger Picture: Future Options -- 15. Material Profiles -- Appendix - Useful Numbers and Conversions.
Addressing the growing global concern for sustainable engineering, this title is devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials.
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