New Materials Society: Challenges and Opportunities. Volume 2. New Materials Science and Technology

摘要

The New Materials Society: Challenges and Opportunities is the Bureau of Mines' most comprehensive report on the subject of advanced materials. The report discusses the current state of affairs in the U.S. materials industry with particular emphasis on recent technology advances in materials. The information in the report reflects the state of the industry in 1988 and contains the best information available during that time. The analysis was based upon discussions with many public and private sector experts in materials science, engineering, and product application and upon extensive literature surveys. The following are topics by Chapter: Chapter 4-New materials technology overview; Chapter 5-Advanced metals; Chapter 6-Metal matrix composites; Chapter 7-Advanced ceramic materials; and Chapter 8-Advanced polymer materials.