Looks at the 6 stages of steel production from Raw materials, Iron & steel making, Casting, Primary forming, Manufacture, fabrication &
finishing and Final products. Each stage is explained with videos and further in-depth details including Heat treatment, Quenching, Metallurgy, Grain structure, Perlite, Ferrite & Martensite.
Detailed technical information on hundred's of materials excluding Timbers.
Experience the "Strange Matter" Exhibition. Interactive, cartoon style. Zoom into a Coke can down to its atomic structure. Properties, Processing and Performance. What is Material Science. What are materials.
(via www.shambles.net/designtechnology)
Understanding how heat treatment improves the metal properties.
Flash animation/slideshow. From Bauxite mining to aluminium smelting & recycling
Materials Timeline from 70,000 BC to today with 300 entries.
(via www.shambles.net/designtechnology)
Very detailed history without pictures.
Issue 57 - 2/5/08