Почему это важно для материаловедения
Construction is the tonnage baseline everything else is measured against. It is also where alloying elements do their quietest work: a few hundred grams of niobium per tonne of steel lets a bridge be built with less of it.
Из чего состоит
Все материалы →| Материал | Что он делает здесь | Значимость |
|---|---|---|
| Cement | Concrete | Определение |
| Construction Sand & Gravel | Aggregate in concrete and asphalt | Определение |
| Copper критически важный | Wiring and plumbing | Определение |
| Iron & Steel | Structure, rebar and rail | Определение |
| Iron Ore | Steel | Определение |
| Manganese критически важный | In every tonne of steel | Определение |
| Metallurgical Coal | Blast-furnace reduction | Определение |
| Zinc критически важный | Galvanising | Определение |
| Aluminium критически важный | Facades, windows and structure | Важно |
| Crude Oil | Asphalt and plastics | Важно |
| Gypsum | Plasterboard | Важно |
| Lime | Steel refining and soil stabilisation | Важно |
| Niobium критически важный | High-strength low-alloy steel | Важно |
| Vanadium критически важный | Rebar strengthening | Важно |
Cement
Powdered limestone and clay cooked at 1,450 C, which sets hard when mixed with water — the glue that holds concrete…
Construction Sand & Gravel
The most-mined material on Earth by weight, and the one nobody thinks of as mining.
Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…
Iron & Steel
Iron with a little carbon in it, and the most-produced manufactured material on the planet.
Iron Ore
Rust-coloured rock that is roughly one-third to two-thirds iron, and the single largest tonnage the mining industry…
Manganese
A brittle grey metal that steel cannot be made without, and that is now being used to stretch scarce nickel and…
