This is the most comprehensive single-source guide to the production of metals and minerals ever published. Despite the advent of "high-tech" materials such as polymers, advanced ceramics, and graphite and boron fibre, the age of metals is far from over. The development of new alloys continues to be driven by the need for better, cheaper, more versatile engineering materials. "Physical Metallurgy Handbook" is directed toward understanding metallic materials and their properties. The handbook looks at the mechanisms associated with basic phenomena in metals and alloys as well as the various manufacturing processes that are employed when working with these materials.
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THE SINGLE BEST SOURCE IN PHYSICAL METALLURGY
“A wealth of information about the theory and practice of metallurgical engineering … very good for practicing engineers.”-–Dr. Charles Allen, Argonne National Laboratory
“A valuable source book.”-- Dr. Charles R. Brooks, University of Tennessee Professor of Metallurgical Engineering
“The author’s credentials are outstanding.”-- Charles A. Harper, President, Technology Seminars, Inc.
Packed with useful information on all aspects of physical metallurgy from fundamentals to fine points of processing and material selection, expert Anil Kumar Sinha’s Physical Metallurgy Handbook brings you:
* Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of physical metallurgy
* Cutting-edge guidance on properties, forms, and applications of ferrous and nonferrous materials
* In-depth information on advantages and disadvantages of materials and processes in various applications
* Solutions for heat treatment, powder metallurgy, sintering, and other processing issues
* Dozens of quick-answer charts, graphs, and tables
* 850 illustrations
* Complete introduction to the fundamentals of physical metallurgy
* A time-saving resource for on-target, on-the-job answers for years to come
About the Author
Anil Kumar Sinha, Ph.D., M. Tech., is a former professor of metallurgical engineering at Notre Dame University, Cornell University, and the University of Wisconsin. He also worked at Bohn Engine & Foundry as Senior Metallurgist, then Chief Metallurgist. Currently an international consultant in metallurgical engineering, he is the author of an earlier version of this book, Ferrous Physical Metallurgy. Dr. Sinha earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and his Masters of Technology in Physical Metallurgy from the Indian Institute of Technology.
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Good book, but with a somewhat misleading title,
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This is a good book, but with a somewhat misleading title. It should more accurately have been titled Physical Metallurgy of Steels because it is primarily about steels and is much more than just a handbook. A handbook conjures up a vision of a book that is primarily a source for data. There is a lot of data in this book, but it contains much, much, more. It is an excellent text, covering all aspects of the metallurgy of steel in great detail. There are separate chapters on Pearlite, Martensite, Bainite and Austenite, as well as ones on the hardenability and heat treatment of steels; plus chapters on the metallurgy of diffusion, plastic deformation, recovery-recrystallization, grain growth and nucleation in solids in general. These chapters cover all metals, not just iron based ones. This is an excellent metallurgy reference, particularly for anyone interested in steels.
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Steels are the most complex and widely used engineering materials because of the abundance of iron in the earth's crust, high melting temperature of iron (1534C), and wide range of mechanical properties and associated microstructures produced by solid-state phase transformations by varying the cooling rate from the austenitic condition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Materials Park, New York, Pergamon Press, Acta Metall, Metals Park, International Conference, Physical Metallurgy, Metals Handbook, The Metals Society, High Temperature Society of Japan, Scripta Metall, Academic Press, Elsevier Science, John Wiley, Surface Engineering, Institute of Physics Publishing, United States, Met Trans, Marcel Dekker, Technological Advances, Materials Engineering, Surface Modification Technologies, Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Specialty Handbook New!
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Steels are the most complex and widely used engineering materials because of the abundance of iron in the earth's crust, high melting temperature of iron (1534C), and wide range of mechanical properties and associated microstructures produced by solid-state phase transformations by varying the cooling rate from the austenitic condition. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Materials Park, New York, Pergamon Press, Acta Metall, Metals Park, International Conference, Physical Metallurgy, Metals Handbook, The Metals Society, High Temperature Society of Japan, Scripta Metall, Academic Press, Elsevier Science, John Wiley, Surface Engineering, Institute of Physics Publishing, United States, Met Trans, Marcel Dekker, Technological Advances, Materials Engineering, Surface Modification Technologies, Des Plaines, Park Ridge, Specialty Handbook New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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