1st Edition
by Shakeel Ahmed (Editor), Saif Ali Chaudhry (Editor)
Composites are materials made from
two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical
or chemical properties. The two materials combine together to give a
new material with higher strength, toughness, stiffness, but also a
higher resistance to creep, corrosion, wear or fatigue compared to
conventional materials. It is composed primarily of a matrix i.e. a
continuous phase which is armoured with secondary discontinues
reinforcement phase. These materials have been used in a variety of
products viz. spacecrafts, sporting goods, catalyst, sensors, actuators,
biomedical materials, batteries, cars, furniture, aircraft components,
etc.
This book focusses on processing, properties of various
types of composite materials, as well as their environmental engineering
applications. This book examines the current state of art, new
challenges, and opportunities of composites in environmental
engineering. The chapters in this book covers nearly every topic related
to composites in environmental engineering in four broad perspectives:
(i) classification of composites (ii) green/hybrid synthesis and
characterization of nano and biocomposites (iii) processing of composite
materials (iv) state-of–the-art in fabricating the composites - nano
and biocomposites - for environmental applications.
