The physics of degradation in engineered materials and devices : fundamentals and principles / edited by Jonathan Swingler ; with major contribution by Alec Feinberg.

Degradation is apparent in all things and is fundamental to manufactured as well as natural objects. It is often described by the second law of thermodynamics where entropy, a measure of disorder, tends to increase with time in a closed system. Things age! This concise reference work brings together...

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Main Authors: Swingler, Jonathan (Author), Feinberg, Alec (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Momentum Press, 2015.
Series:Materials properties and behavior collection.
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