TY - BOOK ID - 66222521 TI - Engineering materials science AU - McArthur, Hugh AU - Spalding, Duncan PY - 2011 SN - 1782420495 189856311X 9781782420491 9781898563112 PB - Cambridge [England] DB - UniCat KW - Materials science. KW - Materials KW - Deterioration. KW - Deterioration of materials KW - Weathering KW - Material science KW - Physical sciences KW - Disintegration UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:66222521 AB - Exhaustive, authoritative and comprehensive, using 160 statistical tables, this book addresses the fundamental structure of materials and remediation, and looks at the properties of water and water-induced degradation and deterioration, with chapters on moisture effects in buildings and materials, corrosion theory and metal protection. The authors explain the behaviour of materials in fires, fundamental fire resistance principles and techniques, calculation of flame temperatures, and the removal of heat by nitrogen and other combustion products. It addresses properties performance, degradation ER -