Environmental Degradation of Advanced and Traditional Engineering Materials

"... this book fulfills its intention, being a complete, self-contained industrial reference guide, designed for students and professionals interested in the development of deterioration-resistant technological systems constructed with metallurgical, polymeric, ceramic, and natural materials." -Materials and Corrosion, 2014 "This is the book that the international corrosion community has been waiting for. ... This titanic publication is clearly organized and deals with general materials in four sections: metals, polymers, ceramics and glass materials, and other natural materials (wood and asphalt). It provides a complete guide to the environmental degradation of all these engineering materials, every group or material following a particular mechanism based on their physicochemical nature and properties ... copiously illustrated ... enriched by an amazing numbers of references ... Many professionals, academics, postgraduate students, corrosion practitioners, consultants, maintenance engineers and technicians, manufacturers of equipment, and builders of land and marine structures will benefit from reading, employing, and owning this well-organized and well-written volume." -Dr. Michael Schorr, Corrosion Engineering, Science and Technology, Vol. 49, 2014