Lightweight materials : understanding the basics / / edited by F.C. Campbell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911004764403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Materials Park, Ohio, : ASM International, 2012
• ISBN: 1-62708-307-3; 1-62198-374-9; 1-61503-990-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (719 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CampbellF. C
• Soggetti: Metal products; Alloys
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction and Uses of Lightweight Materials ""; ""Chapter 2 Aluminum Alloys""; ""Chapter 3 Magnesium Alloys ""; ""Chapter 4 Beryllium ""; ""Chapter 5 Titanium Alloys""; ""Chapter 6 Titanium Aluminide Intermetallics ""; ""Chapter 7 Engineering Plastics ""; ""Chapter 8 Polymer-Matrix Composites ""; ""Chapter 9 Metal-Matrix Composites ""; ""Chapter 10 Structural Ceramics ""; ""Chapter 11 Ceramic-Matrix Composites ""; ""Chapter 12 Selection Guidelines for Lightweight Materials ""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This book covers the properties, processing, and applications of lightweight materials - aluminium, magnesium, beryllium, titanium aluminides, engineering plastics, structural ceramics, and composites with polymer, metals, and ceramic matrices.