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ASM Handbook Volume 02: Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials
Hardbound; Publisher: ASM; Publication Date: 1991; ISBN 0-87170-378-5; 1328 pages; 1800 figures; 1,200 tables
$255.00

Gives you 40% more information than the previous edition. New topics include recycling, superconductors, metal-matrix composites, and intermetallics.

1,800 illustrations, 1,200 tables.

Sections include: Specific Metals and Alloys, Special-Purpose Alloys, Superconducting Materials, Pure Metals, Recycling, and Toxicity of Metals.

Table of Contents

Specific Metals and Alloys
Introduction to Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
Alloy and Temper Designation Systems for Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
Aluminum Mill and Engineered Wrought Products
Properties of Wrought Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys
Aluminum Foundry Products
Properties of Cast Aluminum Alloys
Aluminum-Lithium Alloys
High-Strength Aluminum Powder Metallurgy Alloys
Introduction to Copper and Copper Alloys
Wrought Copper and Copper Alloy Products
Properties of Wrought Coppers and Copper Alloys
Selection and Application of Copper Alloy Castings
Properties of Cast Copper Alloys
Copper Powder Metallurgy Products
Beryllium-Copper and Other Beryllium-Containing Alloys
Nickel and Nickel Alloys
Cobalt and Cobalt Alloys
Selection and Application of Magnesium and Magnesium Alloys
Properties of Magnesium Alloys
Tin and Tin Alloys
Zinc and Zinc Alloys
Lead and Lead Alloys
Refractory Metals and Alloys
Introduction to Titanium and Titanium Alloys
Wrought Titanium and Titanium Alloys
Titanium and Titanium Alloy Castings
Titanium Powder Metallurgy Products
Zirconium and Hafnium
Uranium and Uranium Alloys
Beryllium
Precious Metals
Properties of Precious Metals
Rare Earth Metals
Germanium and Germanium Compounds
Gallium and Gallium Compounds
Indium and Bismuth

Special-Purpose Materials
Magnetically Soft Materials
Permanent Magnet Materials
Metallic Glasses
Electrical Resistance Alloys
Electrical Contact Materials
Thermocouple Materials
Low-Expansion Alloys
Shape Memory Alloys
Metal-Matrix Composites
Ordered Intermetallics
Dispersion-Strengthened Nickel-Base and Iron-Base Alloys
Cemented Carbides
Cermets
Superabrasives and Ultrahard Tool Materials
Structural Ceramics

Superconducting Materials
Introduction
Principles of Superconductivity
Niobium-Titanium Superconductors
Superconductors
Ternary Molybdenum Chalcogenides (Chevrel Phases)
Thin-Film Materials
High-Temperature Superconductors for Wires and Tapes

Pure Metals
Preparation and Characterization of Pure Metals
Periodic Table of the Elements
Properties of Pure Metals

Special Engineering Topics
Recycling of Nonferrous Alloys
Toxicity of Metals