Metal

Author: (English) Lefteris / Zhang Gangxia
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: About this book: From stainless steel kitchenware to magic-recovery paper clips, and beyond industrial architecture, metal has opened up an infinite world of inspiration. This book is fresh and exciting, covering both high-tech and low-tech products. This magical material will provide designers with endless inspiration. Content: Technical specifications of metal products; actual websites of manufacturers, suppliers, designers, and academies; key characteristics of each material. Some metal characteristics: Ultra-strong aluminum alloy; square food cans; metal-polymer composites; nickel-based hot-forming memory alloys; metal fibers; architectural applications. From gold jewelry casting to chewing gum packaging, to small urinals made of treated steel that change color and pattern with temperature, the uses of metal materials are diverse and sometimes even surprising. This book studies and illustrates a series of modern metal materials, serving as a concise and practical reference for artists, technicians, architects, designers, and students. Its research covers various metal materials for different purposes, including architectural, industrial, and tableware products. Each page explains a material, a processing technique, or a product. The article organizes all information in an easy-to-understand format and provides readers with specific contact details for further information. Key characteristics of materials and processing techniques, typical applications, how to obtain more information, and how products are manufactured are all included on each page, along with a quick reference index.