National Commission on Materials Policy

In the most recent official assessment of the economic costs of equipment damage arising from corrosion, prepared by the National Commission on Materials Policy (U.S.), il was staled that annual losses in the Uniicd Stales alone are on the order or many billions of dollars. 

There have been a number of commissions which have addressed some portion of the materials problem. For example, the Paley Commission issued its report, "Resources for Freedom," in 1952. The National Commission on Materials Policy addressed materials needs in the environment in 1973. Most recently, the National... 

Where, then, do polymer composites stand in the world today, and where are they likely to stand in the future Certainly in recent years such materials have comprised an increasingly important share of the rapidly growing volume of polymers produced, the overall volume of the latter now being of the order of that for all metals, ferrous and nonferrous (Eirich and Williams, 1973 National Commission on Materials Policy, 1973). In... 

National Commission on Materials Policy (1973), Materials Needs and the Environment Today and Tomorrow, Final report, U. S. Government Printing Office, June 1973. 

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