Introduction

Mittemeijer, Eric J.

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Introduction

Eric J. Mittemeijer²

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“Materials” can be said to emerge by human action: a material is a substance with a present or an expected future application for mankind.¹ So not all substances are materials.

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Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Institute for Materials Science, University of Stuttgart, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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Mittemeijer, E.J. (2010). Introduction. In: Fundamentals of Materials Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10500-5_1

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