Concise Encyclopedia of Materials for Energy Systems, 1st Edition

Key Features

• A concise desk reference work for material scientists working with energy systems
• Bridges the divide between materials science and engineering of complex system
• Significantly more cost-effective than purchase of the main Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology for departmental budgets

Concise Encyclopedia of Materials for Energy Systems, 1st Edition

Comprehensive coverage includes (from A-F): Actuator Materials for Small-scale Devices; Advanced Automotive Powertrains: Materials; Amorphous Semiconductor Solar Cells; Automotive Engine Materials; Batteries: Glassy Electrolytes; Batteries, Rechargeable; Battery Carbons; Burnable Poisons in Nuclear Fuels; Composites for Sensors and Actuators; Creep Design and Life Extension of Large-scale Plant; Creep-resistant Materials for Steam Turbines; Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell; DUPIC Fuel Cycle; Electrochemical Light Emitting Cells from Semiconducting Polymers; Electroluminescent Phosphors; Electrostrictive Ceramics for Sonar Projectors; Fast Breeder Reactors: Fuels; Fast Reactor Cores,  Austenitic Steels for; Fast Reactor Cores, Ferritic–Martensitic Steels for; Fuel Cells: Electrochemical Reactions; Fuel Cells: Materials; Fuel Cells: Microsystems; Fusion Conditions: Radiation Damage Correlation; Fusion Reactors  (Magnetically Confined); Fusion Reactors: Low-activation Structural Materials...