Testing of materials

Nanocomposites have been receiving more and more attention given the improvement of synthesis techniques and the availability of powerful characterization techniques.

This book fills the gap in the field of anti-icing by providing a comprehensive introduction to anti-icing materials and their technology.

The investigation of liquid properties is as old as the human desire to observe natural phenomena.

teacher Professor Ernst-Joachim Ivers to whom I still owe many insights 20 years after the end of his working life.

This book comprehensively covers the topic of sustainability in the clothing and fashion sector.

This practical guide to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) offers step-by-step instruction for the most commonly used TMS protocols in humans.

This book presents selected articles from the Algerian Symposium on Renewable Energy and Materials (ASREM-2020) held at Medea, Algeria.

Das Buch wendet sich an alle, egal ob im Studium, in technischen Berufen, oder in der Wissenschaft, die die sich für die analytische Transmissionselektronenmikroskopie interessieren und einen Überblick über diese Methode erhalten möchten.

This book systematically provides an overview of the use of a wide range of spectroscopic methods (Mid- and Near-Infrared, Infrared Emission, Raman, Solid-State Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, X-ray Photoelectron, Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure, X-ray Absorption Near Edge, Electron Spin and Mossbauer spectroscopy) to investigate kaolin minerals (kaolinite, dickite, nacrite and halloysite) and their modifications (intercalation compounds, nanocomposites and other modifications).

Metal removal processes - cutting and grinding in this book - are an integral part of a large number of manufacturing systems, either as the primary manufacturing process, or as an important part of preparing the tooling for other manufacturing processes.

This volume contains the proceedings of the first NATO Science Forum "e;Highlights of the Eighties and Future Prospects in Condensed Matter Physics"e; (sponsored by the NATO Scientific Affairs Division), which took place in September, 1990, in the pleasant surroundings provided by the Hotel du Palais at Biarritz, France.

This book is chiefly intended for those who are using microbicides for the protection of materials.

Growth of Crystals, Volume 21 presents a survey, with detailed analysis, of the scientific and technological approaches, and results obtained, by leading Russian crystal growth specialists from the late 1990's to date.

A practical guide for graduate students and researchers on all aspects of x-ray scattering experiments on liquid surfaces and interfaces.

This volume contains select papers presented during the Functional Textiles and Clothing Conference 2018.

Earth has become a huge mine, with a greater quantity and variety of fundamental mineral resources being extracted year after year.

Molecular systems are assemblies of molecules designed to possess special qualities and desired functionality.

The Light Metals symposia at the TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition present the most recent developments, discoveries, and practices in primary aluminum science and technology.

This bookfocuses on the fibers and textiles used in composite materials.

This is a thoroughgoing revision and expansion of the earlier book, bringing it up to date with the latest research.

The fluorine atom, by virtue of its electronegativity, size, and bond strength with carbon, can be used to create compounds with remarkable properties.

The art of chemistry is to thoroughly understand the properties of molecular compounds and materials and to be able to prepare novel compounds with p- dicted and desirable properties.

This book highlights the fundamental concepts related to 57Fe Mossbauer spectrometry, useful for graduate students and researchers.

This book highlights a comprehensive introduction to high-throughput imaging, with the focus on the principles and methods.

Gaseous Dielectrics VIII covers recent advances and developments in a wide range of basic, applied, and industrial areas of gaseous dielectrics.

This second edition features new chapters highlighting advances in our understanding of the behavior and properties of scintillators, and the discovery of new families of materials with light yield and excellent energy resolution very close to the theoretical limit.

This book describes the rapidly expanding field of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes).

The first scientific volume to compile the modern analytical techniques for glass analysis, Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass presents an up-to-date description of the physico-chemical methods suitable for determining the composition of glass and for speciation of specific components.

The field of heavy metal halide glasses (namely fluorides) is only ten years old now, but it has developed rapidly since the discovery of fluorozirconate glasses by the group at the University of Rennes (France).

This textbook delivers a comprehensive review of modern spectroscopy encompassing a plethora of various X-ray, photoelectron, optical and laser, as well as radiofrequency and microwave spectroscopic techniques.

This collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic materials in fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications.

This volume collects the papers from the 2013 World Conference on Acoustic Emission in Shanghai.

This book highlights the mathematical models and solutions of the generalized dynamics of soft-matter quasicrystals (SMQ) and introduces possible applications of the theory and methods.

Carbide, Nitride and Boride Materials Synthesis and Processing is a major reference text addressing methods for the synthesis of non-oxides.

This monograph presentsapproaches to characterize inelastic behavior of materials and structures athigh temperature.

Glare is the name given to a new material for aircraft structures developed at Delft University in the Netherlands.

The book presents Russian experience in researching and developing theoretical and experimental problems of heavy concrete elements and constructions with functionally gradient structure, manufactured by using mechanical and electromagnetic vibrations, and broadly utilized in different areas of industry.

Surface science has experienced an impressive growth in the last two decades.

Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Volume 4 of the Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fourth volume of ten from the Conference, brings together contributions to important areas of research and engineering.

Among various branches of polymer physics an important position is occupied by that vast area, which deals with the thermal behav- ior and thermal properties of polymers and which is normally called the thermal physics of polymers.

The rapidly developing field of nanomaterials has expanded in many commercial areas.

In the thirty years since the invention of the CO2 gas laser, the major design issue has shifted from how to obtain the desired power level to how to achieve reliable operation.

This collection includes the analysis, development, and operation of high-temperature processes that involve the extraction and processing of material resources, production, and treatment of metals, alloys, and ceramic materials.

This is the first book to introduce and explain the concept of sustainable consumption with reference to the clothing sector.

This book is intended to offer the reader a snapshot of the field of optoelectronic materials from the viewpoint of inorganic chemists.