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Szymanski, Andrzej Maria was born on May 13, 1934 in Panasowka, Zamosc, Poland. Son of Stanislaw and Aleksandra (Kownacki) Szymanski.
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A knowledge of minerals and the processes involved in their formation is of fundamental interest. However, such knowledge is increasingly needed for understanding the technological processing of raw materials. Almost all inorganic materials turned out by present day industry result from mechanical, chemical, thermal or pressure treatment of minerals. Hardness is one of the key identifying characteristics in mineralogy. It is also an important parameter in determining the working and other technical possibilities of natural rocks used as lining materials. Hardness determination methods are widely used in basic research on the mechanical properties of minerals. In the face of the rapid development of industrial uses of natural minerals, as well as manmade ones (in monocrystal or grain form or as polymineral materials), there is a definite need for more comprehensive crystallographic-mechanical investigations. Hardness studies also furnish valuable information on the origin of minerals. A comprehensive survey of the mechanical properties of all minerals with attention paid to their crystallographic characterization, investigation of anisotropy and of relationships between structure and composition would be useful from many points of view. By determining the typomorphism of the mechanical parameters of minerals and its involvement in the condition of their formation, and also by investigating occurrence of deformations in minerals under natural conditions and of the deformative mechanism, it should be possible to develop a general theory of the mechanical properties of crystals. It is expected that the present book will prove helpful in the study of mechanical properties of various materials, and will contribute to broadening the area of hardness research, and in consequence to a better understanding of raw materials and their products.
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The mechanical properties of minerals constitute a sparsely investigated field of study compared with other areas of mineral physics. The minerals for which all crystallomechanical parameters are known are few, and until now it has not been possible to state unequivocally whether one mechanical property alone could be adequately used in defining most minerals. For this reason, it is essential that the mechanical properties and deformations of minerals be investigated, treating mineral crystallomechanics as a section of mineralogy equal in importance to crystallo-optics and crystallochemistry, for example. This book provides a survey of hardness test methods in current worldwide use, and includes examples indicating the merits and deficiencies of these methods. The ample references included in the text are given particularly to enable the reader to broaden his knowledge in a given field. The tables found at the end of the book, as well as the hardness tests results from various methods included in the text itself, are meant to serve as a rough guide in the choice of appropriate test method, whilst simultaneously providing the reader with reference details.
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Szymanski, Andrzej Maria was born on May 13, 1934 in Panasowka, Zamosc, Poland. Son of Stanislaw and Aleksandra (Kownacki) Szymanski.
Master of Science, Warsaw University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Wroclaw University, 1968. Doctor of Science in Ceramics, Wroclaw Polytechnic, 1973.
Teacher Technology School Geology, Warsaw, 1956-1958. Head physicochemical laboratory Central Bureau for Tools Industry, 1959-1966. Head research department Glass and Ceramics Institute, 1967-1974.
Science secretary Institute Electronic Materials Technology, 1974-1989. Professor chemistry Warsaw University of Technology, since 1989. President Electronic Materials Research and Production Center CeMat '70 S.A., Warsaw, 1990-1992.
Consultant Porcelain Factory Ksiaz, Walbrzych, 1987-1990. Founder, director Institute of Technology, S.A., Warsaw, since 1988. Owner, director A. Szymanski and Company, DiaTech Ltd., Lomianki, since 1989.
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Member Polish Gemmological Society (chair fellow court since 1989), International Council Applied Mineralogy (vice president 1994-1996, president since 1996), Mineralogical Society Poland (vice president since 1994), Polish Ceramic Society, Mineral Society Russia (honorary).
Married Danuta Joanna Horecki, December 29, 1956. Children: Piotr, Kinga.