Composites for Environmental Engineering PDF

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 a secondary discontinuous reinforcement phase. These materials have been used in a variety of products viz. spacecrafts, sporting goods, catalysts, sensors, actuators, biomedical materials, batteries, cars, furniture, aircraft components, etc.

This book focuses 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 cover 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.