The Metal Databook [Hardcover]

Alok Nayar (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1997

The Metal Databook helps you select the appropriate metals or metal alloys and use them properly, no matter what type of project you're working on. In fact, no other single volume covers the field the way this one does. Among its many unique features, the book compares ISO standards for various grades of metal from the United States, Japan, Great Britain, and many other countries; provides a wide range of standard test methods for determining material properties ... from Rockwell, Brinell, and Vickers hardness tests to micrographic methods; and presents actual metallurgical data - including chemical composition, mechanical properties, and heat treatment - for cast irons, steel, aluminum, copper, zinc, and related alloys, as well as powder metallurgy. The Metal Databook also includes numerous helpful tables and charts throughout.

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Comprehensive metallurgical data, test methods, and ISO standards. . .all in one handy, on-the-job reference Does your cast iron need to be abrasion-resistant or corrosion-resistant? What are the best uses for steel materials that are nitriding, case hardening, and low-carbon? What is the recommended casting temperature for copper? You'll find the answers to these and hundreds of other practical questions inside this comprehensive book. The Metal Databook helps you select the appropriate metals or metal alloys and use them properly, no matter what type of project you're working on. In face, no other single volume covers the field the way this one does. Among its many unique features, the book: Compares ISO standards for various grades of metal from the United States, Japan, Great Britain, and many other countries; Provides a wide range of standard test methods for determining material properties. . .from Rockwell, Brinell, and Vickers hardness tests to micrographic methods; Presents actual metallurgical data--including chemical composition, mechanical properties, and heat treatment--for cast irons, steel, aluminum, copper, zinc, and related alloys, as well as powder metallurgy. The Metal Databook also includes numerous helpful tables and charts throughout. This resource is an indispensable on-the-job reference that engineering professionals will turn to time and again.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070460884
• ISBN-13: 978-0070460881
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,934,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even worth rating for use in US industry, October 7, 1999

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Kimberly D. Ayer ([e-mail]) (Warner Robins, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Metal Databook (Hardcover)

Might be great if it were actually translated into American standards

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not based on US standards., August 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Metal Databook (Hardcover)

Book is based on Indian standards for steels. Very difficult to use in most US industries. Steel callouts are in European form; e.g. C45N vs. 1045 Cold Drawn. Or 9SMn28K vs. 1117 Cold Finished. Does contain conversions between the two formats.

1.0 out of 5 stars worthless, September 28, 1999

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This review is from: The Metal Databook (Hardcover)

As the first reviewer stated, this book is written entirely in Indian standards. It's essentially useless unless you're an engineer in India.