Environmental materials

Author: Yasuyuki Yamamoto
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Publish Date: 2001-04-03
Features: The book "Environmental Materials," edited by Yasuyuki Yamamoto, is a monograph on environmental materials. The entire book consists of 4 chapters and 36 sections, written by 30 scholars from the Japan Society for Environmental Research. It is rich in content and novel, systematically introducing the science and technology of environmental materials and their development direction. The main contents of the book include the relationship between environmental issues and materials, environmental burden assessment (LCA) and its applications, the recycling and reuse of materials and substances, as well as materials and engineering that are coordinated with ecosystems. This book can serve as a teaching reference for related majors in the fields of materials science and engineering, and can also be used as a reference for researchers and engineering professionals engaged in this field. The book is highly readable, and anyone concerned with earth's resources and environmental issues may become an avid reader. The original work was in Japanese and was first published in February 1994. The preface and chapter of this translation were translated by Wang Tianmin, the second chapter by Wei Long, the third chapter by Zhang Zhongtai and Wang Tianmin, and the fourth chapter by Jin Fuxue and Wang Tianmin. The entire book was proofread by Xu Jincheng and Wang Tianmin.