Article 469 (24 more) in sci.materials:
From: whit@milton.u.washington.edu (John Whitmore)

Subject: Re: Using materials
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Date: 26 Jun 92 22:47:38 GMT
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In article <1992Jun24.221645.24323@access.usask.ca> choy@skorpio.usask.ca (I am  a terminator.) writes:
>There must be millions of materials! How do I get aquainted with all
>these materials? 

>The other problem is that there are tons of characteristics. 

        There is a journal, _Materials in Design Engineering_, that
publishes (or used to) a regular 'Materials Selector Issue' that
had a short list of properties of a wide range of engineering
materials.  That will be a start, at least.

        The physics and chemistry and economics of material selection
--MORE--(89%)is very complex; there are few clear good answers.  Too often,
it comes down to 'well, Joe uses stainless steel'.

        John Whitmore
End of article 469 (of 473)--what next? [npq] 