Critical Materials takes a case-study approach, describing materials supply-chain failures from the bronze age to present day. It looks at why these failures occurred, what the consequences were, and how they were resolved. It identifies key lessons to guide responses to current and anticipated materials shortages at a time when the world’s growing middle class is creating unprecedented demand for manufactured products and the increasingly exotic materials that go into them. This book serves as a guide to materials researchers and industrial end-users for finding effective approaches to shortages of specialty materials.
The lessons in the book are also appropriate to those who use materials and for those involved in manufacturing supply-chain management and industrial design.
1. Cover image - p. page_i 2. Title page - p. page_i 3. Table of Contents - p. page_i 4. Copyright - p. page_iv 5. Acknowledgments - p. page_ix 6. Abbreviations and acronyms - p. page_xi 7. Preface - p. page_xv 8. 1: What happened to the rare earths? Monopoly, price shock, and the idea of a critical material - p. page_1 9. 2: This is not new. A short history of materials criticality and supply-chain challenges - p. page_19 10. 3: Assessing the risks - p. page_53 11. 4: What changed after the rare earth crisis? - p. page_95 12. 5: Mitigating criticality, part I: Material substitution - p. page_123 13. 6: Mitigating criticality, part II: Source diversification - p. page_161 14. 7: Mitigating criticality, part III: Improving the stewardship of existing supplies - p. page_205 15. 8: Tactics and strategies for the future - p. page_235 16. Index - p. page_255
Critical Materials takes a case-study approach, describing materials supply-chain failures from the bronze age to present day. It looks at why these failures occurred, what the consequences were, and how they were resolved. It identifies key lessons to guide responses to current and anticipated materials shortages at a time when the world’s growing middle class is creating unprecedented demand for manufactured products and the increasingly exotic materials that go into them. This book serves as a guide to materials researchers and industrial end-users for finding effective approaches to shortages of specialty materials.
The lessons in the book are also appropriate to those who use materials and for those involved in manufacturing supply-chain management and industrial design.
1. Cover image - p. page_i 2. Title page - p. page_i 3. Table of Contents - p. page_i 4. Copyright - p. page_iv 5. Acknowledgments - p. page_ix 6. Abbreviations and acronyms - p. page_xi 7. Preface - p. page_xv 8. 1: What happened to the rare earths? Monopoly, price shock, and the idea of a critical material - p. page_1 9. 2: This is not new. A short history of materials criticality and supply-chain challenges - p. page_19 10. 3: Assessing the risks - p. page_53 11. 4: What changed after the rare earth crisis? - p. page_95 12. 5: Mitigating criticality, part I: Material substitution - p. page_123 13. 6: Mitigating criticality, part II: Source diversification - p. page_161 14. 7: Mitigating criticality, part III: Improving the stewardship of existing supplies - p. page_205 15. 8: Tactics and strategies for the future - p. page_235 16. Index - p. page_255
