Bonding together two or more materials with different properties to obtain a new material with better properties has been a long-standing concept and practice in human history. One example that is relevant all around ...Bonding together two or more materials with different properties to obtain a new material with better properties has been a long-standing concept and practice in human history. One example that is relevant all around the world is making a sharp and break-resistant knife with a hard steel edge and tough steel on the back of the blade. Until 1868, the volume of composite steels manufactured was quite small and productivity was low.展开更多
文摘Bonding together two or more materials with different properties to obtain a new material with better properties has been a long-standing concept and practice in human history. One example that is relevant all around the world is making a sharp and break-resistant knife with a hard steel edge and tough steel on the back of the blade. Until 1868, the volume of composite steels manufactured was quite small and productivity was low.