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Material Substitution : Lessons from Tin-Using Industries.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Revivals SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Copyright date: ©1983Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (137 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781317312048
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Material SubstitutionDDC classification:
  • 338.4
LOC classification:
  • TS590
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I OVERVIEW -- 1 Material Substitution: Lessons from the Tin-Using Industries -- Approach -- Findings -- Implications -- II CASE STUDIES -- 2 Beverage Containers -- Apparent Determinants -- Material Prices and Technological Change -- Nonprice Factors -- Tin Consumption in Beverage Containers -- 3 Solder -- Solder Usage in Metal Cans -- Motor Vehicle Radiators -- Automobile Body Solder -- Solder Usage in Electronics and Plumbing -- Tin Consumption in Solder -- 4 Tin Chemical Stabilizers and the Pipe Industry -- The Pipe Industry -- Water Pipe -- Drain-Waste-Vent Pipe -- Sewer Pipe -- Tin Consumption in Stabilizers for the Pipe Industry -- Appendixes -- References -- Index.
Summary: This study, originally published in 1983, uses tin to examine how and why substitution takes place. The contributors to this volume raise fundamental questions concerning the techniques for both short- and long-term forecasts of materials requirements in the industrial sector. This title will be of particular interest to students of Environmental Science.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I OVERVIEW -- 1 Material Substitution: Lessons from the Tin-Using Industries -- Approach -- Findings -- Implications -- II CASE STUDIES -- 2 Beverage Containers -- Apparent Determinants -- Material Prices and Technological Change -- Nonprice Factors -- Tin Consumption in Beverage Containers -- 3 Solder -- Solder Usage in Metal Cans -- Motor Vehicle Radiators -- Automobile Body Solder -- Solder Usage in Electronics and Plumbing -- Tin Consumption in Solder -- 4 Tin Chemical Stabilizers and the Pipe Industry -- The Pipe Industry -- Water Pipe -- Drain-Waste-Vent Pipe -- Sewer Pipe -- Tin Consumption in Stabilizers for the Pipe Industry -- Appendixes -- References -- Index.

This study, originally published in 1983, uses tin to examine how and why substitution takes place. The contributors to this volume raise fundamental questions concerning the techniques for both short- and long-term forecasts of materials requirements in the industrial sector. This title will be of particular interest to students of Environmental Science.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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