Elements of metallurgy and engineering alloys / / edited by F.C. Campbell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974165603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Materials Park, Ohio, : ASM International, c2008
• ISBN: 1-62708-251-4; 1-68015-960-7; 1-61503-058-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 656 pages) : illustrations
• Altri autori (Persone): CampbellF. C (Flake C.)
• Soggetti: Metals; Metallurgy; Alloys
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Metallic Structure""; ""Crystalline Imperfections and Plastic Deformation""; ""Solid Solutions""; ""Introduction to Phase Transformations""; ""Diffusion""; ""Phase Diagrams""; ""Solidification and Casting""; ""Recovery, Recrystallization, and Grain Growth""; ""Precipitation Hardening""; ""The Iron-Carbon System""; ""Heat Treatment of Steel""; ""Mechanical Behavior""; ""Fracture""; ""Fatigue""; ""Creep""; ""Deformation Processing""; ""Physical Properties of Metals""; ""Corrosion""; ""Plain Carbon Steels""; ""Alloy Steels""; ""Surface Hardening of Steel""; ""Tool Materials""""Stainless Steels""; ""Cast Irons""; ""Copper""; ""Aluminum""; ""Magnesium and Zinc""; ""Titanium""; ""Nickel and Cobalt""; ""Superalloys""; ""Refractory Metals""; ""Miscellaneous Nonferrous Metals""; ""Metal-Matrix Composites""; ""Metric Conversions""; ""Crystalline System Calculations""; ""Crystallographic Planes and Directions""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This practical reference provides thorough and systematic coverage on both basic metallurgy and the practical engineering aspects of metallic material selection and application. Contents includes: Practical information on the engineering properties and applications of steels, ; cast irons, nonferrous alloys, and metal matrix composites. Concise overviews and practical implications of metallic structure, imperfections, deformation, and phase transformations Process metallurgy of solidification and casting, recovery, recrystallization and grain growth, precipitation hardening Mechanical deformation during processing and in-service properties of fatigue, fracture, and creep. Physical properties and corrosion.