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Liquid crystal can be thought of as a fourth state of matter, between liquid and solid. The programme describes the three phases of liquid crystal: smectic, nematic and cholesteric. Friedrich Reinitzer’s...
Discusses the damage which the emission of lead by vehicles can do to children’s developing brains and asks why it has taken government and scientists so long to begin effective action.
A series of video programmes on the manufacture of components. The material shows actual (not idealised) practice, giving a realistic impression of both the process and industry. The series assumes no prior...
Look at the anti-corrosion measures used on the Austin Metro. Shows the work of the computer-aided design department of Austin Rover which can eliminate many potential corrosion traps before manufacture...
Discusses the Liberty ships built in the USA during World War 2 using the then comparatively new technique of welding. Caught up in the speed of their construction, the ships contained a serious flaw causing...
Shows how, in combined field and laboratory exercises, students can determine levels of metal pollution.
Despite their scarcity, gold and silver were probably the first metals to be encountered by man while aluminium, the commonest metal at the surface of the earth, remained unused until the 19th century. These...
1 MATERIALS IN PERSPECTIVE(1981): Looks at metals, ceramics, glass, polymers and composites in terms of their classification and atomic structure. Asks why we need material science, or material scientists,...
Looks at some computer-controlled machinery operations, friction or inertia welding, electron beam welding and pipe bending complex shapes and pipe runs with extreme accuracy.
Part 1 (1977): A descriptive account of the table together with an elementary account of the arrangement of electrons in the different elements. Parts 2 & 3 (1976): An account based on the vector model of...
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