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Metallurgy Fundamentals

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This book is a nice introduction to the subject of metallurgy. It's well written and clear. Although it's not an in depth treatement of the subject, it should be a good introductory text for the technologist.

I found Metallurgy Fundamentals to be an excellent resource for myself. While not overly technical it covers the basic principles and theory of metal making in clear and straightforward language. I recommend it for persons in drafting, quality, design, or purchasing.

This is a well written and useful textbook. Of course, metallurgy is an endlessly deep subject but this is a nice first or second book to study it.
The only thing that I find annoying is a statement early on that iron and
carbon do not chemically react. Often they do not, but often they do in
iron carbide - the deciding factors are heat treating and other alloying
components. This statement should be corrected.

Great book for the beginner, necessary info for the individual who will be persuing a career in metal working or engineering. The basics explained in a simple manner. Topics covered in each chapter are very easy to understand.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. The treatment of all steps of the steel-making process is thorough, and well-written for a new-comer to the topic. I especially liked the numerous photos/diagrams and step-by-step explanations and examples for how to read the various graphs (I-T, phase diagrams, etc.). These are items which are core to understanding, and where much of the knowledge/learning is embedded, but which often receive insufficient discussion in more-advanced texts (true for many disciplines).

In general, the earlier sections of the book devoted to steel were better-written, while the later sections on non-ferrous metals seemed less complete in terms of explaining the extraction/manufacture process steps.

In particular, I would have liked a little more labels on photos, especially for machinery, so that the components can be understood in terms of their contribution to overall function. Most of the photos are labeled adequately (overwhelmingly so), but sometimes it seemed like a picture was being shown for filler rather than discussion.

List:
Fig. 1-6, demonstration of tool wear
Fig. 6-25, oxygen lance
Fig. 6-40, reversing slab mill
Figs. 11-1,2, annealing furnaces
Figs. 15-6,9,12, pack-carburizing furnace
Fig. 15-15, flame hardening system
Fig. 17-4, pipe extrusion
Fig. 19-6 galvanization
Fig. 19-11, die casting
Fig. 19-13, wave soldering

To sum up: this book is easy enough to follow to be a fun read, but contains enough depth to serve as a pretty good reference.
Happy with my purchase!

a good book to study AND RECOMEND