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020 _a9781856176088 (pbk.)
020 _a1856176088 (pbk.)
040 _aBADR UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
_beng
_cBADR UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
_erda
041 _aeng
050 4 _aTA403.6
_b.A84 2009
082 0 4 _a620.11
_222
_bAMM
100 1 _aAshby, M. F.
245 1 0 _aMaterials and the environment :
_beco-informed material choice /
_cMichael F. Ashby.
260 _aAmsterdam ;
_aBoston :
_bButterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier,
_cc2009.
300 _axi, 385 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : material dependence -- Resource consumption and its drivers -- The materials life cycle -- End of first life : a problem or a resource? -- The long reach of legislation -- Ecodata : values, sources, precision -- Eco-audits and eco-audit tools -- Selection strategies -- Eco-informed material selection -- Sustainability : living on renewables -- The bigger picture : future options -- Material profiles -- Appendix : useful numbers and conversions.
520 1 _a"As concerns for the environment grows, there is a corresponding trend to incorporate sustainability into engineering education. Materials and the Environment addresses this growing concern with this full-length text devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 _aMaterials
_xEnvironmental aspects.
902 _aN.Tolba
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_cBK
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_d3959