Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology
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LIBRARY Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology K.H. Jürgen Buschow, Robert W. Cahn, Merton C. Flemings, Bernhard Ilschner, Edward J. Kramer, and Subhash Mahajan, Editors (Elsevier, Oxford, UK, 2001) 10,387 pages; $ 6,875.00 ISBN 0-08-043152-6
Genesis The first encyclopedia on materials ever to be produced was the eight-volume compilation edited by Michael Bever in 1986. This was succeeded in 1994 by the more narrowly focused work, Encyclopedia of Advanced Materials, edited by D. Bloor, R.J. Brook, M.C. Flemings, S. Mahajan, and R.W. Cahn. The present work (EMSAT) consists of 11 volumes, totaling more than 10,000 pages, and was organized by the six co-editors in chief, assisted by 62 subject editors. The resulting volumes, covering virtually every aspect of the subject, comprise some 1795 articles produced by over 2000 contributing authors.
Overall Assessment The current review was composed by a group of present or former materials scientists from the General Electric Research and Development Center (now GE Global Research). Collectively, their expertise is very broad, encompassing thermodynamics and phase diagrams, metal–hydrogen systems, intermetallics, biomaterials, polymers, dendritic growth, dislocations, copper alloys, steels, radiation damage, glass, stress corrosion, carbon, crystal growth, cements, machining, tool materials, and high-temperature materials, among other topics. All agree that EMSAT is extraordinarily comprehensive, authoritative, current, well-illustrated, and intriguing to browse as well as helpful in seeking particular information. Coverage of any subject includes not only traditional areas but also emerging areas in that field. The reviewers found the treatment of the following areas particularly well done: polymer science and engineering, amorphous materials, metal–hydrogen systems, biomaterials, thermodynamics, phase diagrams, diffusion, superalloys, and point defects.
Scope and Organization In addressing the broad subject of materials science and technology, the editors have considered four main categories of information: materials; their properties; techniques for their synthesis, for control of their structure at all levels, and for processing them into useful forms; and their diverse applications. Properties account for the largest category, with the others somewhat smaller and approxi512
mately equal in volume. The classes of materials covered comprise biomaterials, carbon, ceramics, composites, electronic and optoelectronic materials, inorganics, magnetic materials, metals and alloys, polymers and plastics, and thin films of various types. The 50-page Thematic Guide presented in Vol. 11 breaks down each of the four main categories of topics into subcategories, sub-subcategories, and finally to article titles. Within the body of the EMSAT itself, the articles are arranged in alphabetical order by title, where the editors have sometimes altered the original title conceived by the author so as to bring related articles into close proximity. This was clearly a laudable o
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