Industries

The world of Aeronautics is the single most demanding field, for materials, within engineering. Extremes of temperature, exposure to the elements, not to mention bearing vast masses and G-forces, only the very best materials are used...

The energy industry is a test for metallurgy in the breadth of applications required of it. Electrical resistance- and conductivity- thermal resistance, strength, corrosion resistance and nuclear handling are but a few. Renewable energy will ask yet more.

The Medical Industry presents some of the keenest challenges for engineering materials. In terms of absolute stress and strain on materials, the medical industry doesn't challenge the Aeronautical Industry, for example...

Material considerations in the automotive industry are more important today than ever before. With higher performance, more stringent safety tests and environmental restraints unheard of a generation ago, it's in materials that gains are found.

From golf clubs to tennis racquets, bicycles to kayaks, performance and health gains can be found in improving the materials used in leisure equipment. Whether it's weight saving, strength gaining, or ease of forming, winning or losing can be decided by material selection.

The world of Petro-Chemical engineering is unquestionably a most testing industry for engineering materials. Not only is there the severe corrosion threat from chemicals used in the refining of oil into petrol, there's also the fact that oil is often mined at sea...

Construction evolution continues to advance at an increasing rate. Where the use of steel allowed us to build skyscrapers in the early 20th century, towering monoliths are built to higher standards in shorter times today, with a wider material selection.

The Marine Industry poses a raft of requirements for engineering materials. The first one that comes to mind is the issue of corrosion many materials face in salt water solutions, so a resistance to these events is a must...