Structures and Properties of Engineering Alloys (McGraw-Hill series in materials science and engineering) [Hardcover]

William F. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1981 | ISBN-10: 0070585601 | ISBN-13: 978-0070585607

A junior-senior level text and reference for use by materials engineers and mechanical engineers in courses entitled advanced physical metallurgy.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 512 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US (January 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070585601
• ISBN-13: 978-0070585607
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,975,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, July 14, 2000

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Joshua Weage - See all my reviews

This review is from: Structure and Properties of Engineering Alloys (Hardcover)

This book is written from the prospective of a metallurgist. As such, it contains a very good discussion on the physical structure of various engineering materials, heat treatments, and alloy effects. However, it also contains lots of material data useful for engineering.

This is an excellent book for those interested in more than stress-strain curves and yield stresses of engineering materials.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More useful data than a dozen handbooks, April 25, 2001

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cmpst52 "cmpst52" (Denton, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Structure and Properties of Engineering Alloys (Hardcover)

Smith's book is excellent for two reasons:

1) His explainations of the properties, structure and applicaiton of various alloys is simple and to the point. (Many of them are somewhat out of date, but so is every other textbook in the world.) Excellent for metallurgists.

2) This book is so loaded with tables, you may never have to look any mechanical property data up in the library again. Excellent for mechanical engineers.

Although expensive, this book will replace a dozen others on your desk.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Reference, August 11, 2006

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John Roe (Birmingham, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Structure and Properties of Engineering Alloys (Hardcover)

I am a plant metallurgist for a company and I constantly use this book to look at properties for various materials. The book is relatively small (unlike ASM books) and contains loads of hard to find information.