Testing of materials

This book describes the physics of baseball and softball, assuming that the reader has a basic background in both physics and mathematics.

This book highlights current approaches and future trends in the use of mass spectrometry to characterize protein therapies.

This book, edited by Potyrailo and Amis, addresses a new paradigm-shifting approach in the search for new materials-Combinatorial Materials Science.

This handbook presents electronic structure data and tabulations of Slater-Koster parameters for the whole periodic table.

This book reflects on recent advances in the understanding of percolation systems to present a wide range of transport phenomena in inhomogeneous disordered systems.

Aerogels are the lightest solids known.

Scanning transmission electron microscopy has become a mainstream technique for imaging and analysis at atomic resolution and sensitivity, and the authors of this book are widely credited with bringing the field to its present popularity.

The goal of this book is to provide a general overview of the rapidly developing field of novel scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques for characterization of a wide range of functional materials, including complex oxides, biopolymers, and semiconductors.

Originated from studies on steam engines, thermodynamics is formulated traditi- ally for homogeneous materials.

Preface to Second Edition Several new topics have been added, some small errors have been corrected and some new references have been added in this edition.

Archaeological chemistry is a subject of great importance to the study and methodology of archaeology.

Successful transmission electron microscopy in all of its manifestations depends on the quality of the specimens examined.

Many archaeologists, as primarily social scientists, do not have a background in the natural sciences.

In the past few decades, research in the science of electrodeposition of metals has shown the important practical applications of electronic, magnetic, energy devices and biomedical materials.

"e;Evaluating Measurement Accuracy"e; is intended for anyone who is concerned with measurements in any field of science or technology.

At present, the marketplace for professionals, researchers, and graduate students in solid-state physics and materials science lacks a book that presents a comprehensive discussion of ferroelectrics and related materials in a form that is suitable for experimentalists and engineers.

Narrow gap semiconductors obey the general rules of semiconductor science, but often exhibit extreme features of these rules because of the same properties that produce their narrow gaps.

Predictive Modeling of Dynamic Processes provides an overview of hydrocode technology, applicable to a variety of industries and areas of engineering design.

Computational Methods for Microstructure-Property Relationships introduces state-of-the-art advances in computational modeling approaches for materials structure-property relations.

Dynamic Failure of Materials and Structures discusses the topic of dynamic loadings and their effect on material and structural failure.

The Indian National Science Academy was established in January 1935 with the objective of promoting science in India and harnessing scientific knowledge for the cause of humanity and national welfare.

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) are part of the so-called B-C-N material system, which includes novel nanostructures of carbon (C), doped-carbon, boron (B), boron nitride (BN), carbon nitride (CNx), boron-carbon nitride (BxCyNz), and boron carbide (BxCy).

The idea for putting together a tutorial on zeolites came originally from my co-editor, Eric Derouane, about 5 years ago.

Recent interest in nanotechnology is challenging the community to analyse, develop and design nanometer to micrometer-sized devices for applications in new generations of computer, electronics, photonics and drug delivery systems.

Solid cellular materials (foams, lattice materials, honeycombs, etc.

This book presents a comprehensive review of the most important methods used in the characterisation of piezoelectric, ferroelectric and pyroelectric materials.

"e;Polymineral-Metasomatic Crystallogenesis"e; is dedicated to the foundations of polymineral crystallogenesis in solutions typically occurring in nature.

This book focuses on the practical aspects of particle size measurement: a major difference with existing books, which have a more theoretical approach.

Narrow gap semiconductors have provided an exciting field of research and show a number of extreme physical and material characteristics.

Silicon Based Polymers presents highlights in advanced research and technological innovations using macromolecular organosilicon compounds and systems, as presented in the 2007 ISPO congress.

Stochastic geometry, based on current developments in geometry, probability and measure theory, makes possible modeling of two- and three-dimensional random objects with interactions as they appear in the microstructure of materials, biological tissues, macroscopically in soil, geological sediments etc.

Nanostructured materials take on an enormously rich variety of properties and promise exciting new advances in micromechanical, electronic, and magnetic devices as well as in molecular fabrications.

Convective flow in the liquid phase is always present in a realistic process of freezing and melting and may significantly affect the dynamics and results of the process.

Fracture Mechanics is a graduate level text/professional reference that describes the analytical methods used to derive stress and strain functions related to fracture mechanics.

Electrochemistry and Corrosion Science is a graduate level text/professional reference that describes the types of corrosion on metallic materials.

The aim of Modeling and Simulation of Microstructure Evolution in Solidifying Alloys is to describe in a clear mathematical language the physics of the solidification structure evolution of cast alloys.

Surfaces are the bounding faces of solids.

Nanoscale science and technology is a young, promising field that encompasses a wide range of disciplines including physics, chemistry, biology, electrical engineering, chemical engineering, and materials science.

This volume comprises papers presented at the 2005 edition of the "e;Crystallography of Molecular Biology"e; courses that have been held since 1976 at the Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, Italy.

The theory of heterogeneous materials has been intensively developed during the past few decades.

Terahertz frequency sensing has a unique part to play in the detection and identification of materials and objects.

This volume collects the lecture notes (ordered alphabetically according to the first author surname) of the talks delivered by the main speakers at the Erice 2007 International School of Crystallography, generously selected by NATO as an Advanced Study Institute (# 982582).

This volume is a collection of articles from the Proceedings of the International School of Structural Biology and Magnetic Resonance 7th Course: Structure, Structure and Biophysics - New Technologies for Current Challenges in Biology and Beyond.

This book is the first to deal comprehensively with the important topic of the fire behaviour of polymer composite materials.

Optically Anomalous Crystals begins with an historical introduction covering the contributions of Brewster, Biot, Mallard, Brauns, Tamman, and many other distinguished crystallographers.

Simplified fracture mechanics based assessment methods are widely used by the industry to determine the structural integrity significance of postulated cracks, manufacturing flaws, service-induced cracking or suspected degradation of engineering components under normal and abnormal service loads.

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