Physical Metallurgy Principles is intended for use in an introductory course in physical metallurgy and is designed for all engineering students at the junior or senior level. The approach is largely theoretical, but covers all aspects of physical metallurgy and behavior of metals and alloys. The treatment used in this textbook is in harmony with a more fundamental approach to engineering education.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Slightly Disappointed in 4th Ed.,
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This review is from: Physical Metallurgy Principles (Hardcover)
I love materials science and as a bibliophile I anticipated the release this new edition for months. Surely for that price and the 15 year interim since the last edition, I expected a grand volume updated with multicolored illustrations, supplementary sidebars, interactive CD, example problems - sometime suitable for bedtime reading at my wife's side. But alas.
Well, at least the 4th Ed. has a nicer cover, and some of the typos were corrected. The content is still excellent even though the authors had the audacity to omit two chapters on fracture mechanics "to increase the focus of the text" - okay. My advise: Buy the 3rd edition instead. You'll be getting more for less.
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Good reference but not good for teaching yourself,
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This is in reference to the hard-cover 3rd edition.
The book is good for reference, with just enough detail to be useful in every topic of materials science. You don't normally find atomic structure, microscopy, dislocation theory and fracture mechanics in one volume. It even has basic thermodynamics and diffusion. BUT because it attempts to be comprehensive, it doesn't have enough room to go into depth in all the topics. I think this book should be titled "Introduction to Materials Science, before the nano-polymer revolution." I think it would be a better title. I think this is how the book was written: 1. Take a intro to materials book 2. take out electro-opti-magnetic properties 3. add fracture mechanics. 4. make it thicker. If you want to learn the subject, I think there are better books that are easier to read. But if you want to pull it off your shelf to read bits and pieces, this is pretty good.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Outmoded in Approach & Look At That Price,
By TREX "TK" (Dublin, Ireland.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Physical Metallurgy Principles (Hardcover)
From the 1960s to the 1980s the possibilty of teaching metallurgy within the context of the general physical and chemical principles of materials science really existed.
Unfortunately, the calibre of metallurgy teachers was not high-minded enough to meet this challenge. (Having tenure did not help make them want to change either, perhaps.) Today, the new materials (engineering ceramics, optical materials, magnetic materials, superconductors, etc) are in the ascendant and the metallurgy staff are comfortably outnumbered in all materials science departments by ceramicists, polymer scientists, nanotechnologists, biomaterials scientists, etc. Demand for a career in metallurgy is very low now. So while a unified approach to presenting physical metallurgy is desirable from the point of view of materials science students (who have to learn the basics even if they do not want to focus on metals), the possibility of getting a book is even lower today than ever before : unless we discover revolutionary new alloys/processing routes, the market is simply too limited. The latter fact is reflected in the price of this book. I got my old 3rd edition in the early 1990s for around £50. Even allowing for inflation, surely the cheaper book production of today's world can allow for a price of $100 or so ? I think the authors may be being too greedy here . . . .
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