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Copper: Its Trade, Manufacture, Use, and Environmental Status
By: Gunter Joseph; Edited by: Konrad J.A. Kundig; Hardbound; Publisher: ASM; Publication Date: 1999; ISBN 0-87170-656-3; 400 pages; 270 figures; 160 tables
$185.00

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the important technical and commercial considerations regarding the viability of copper for engineering applications. Further, this work presents representative numerical data selected from the scientific literature as well as data collected from industrial sources from around the world.

Commissioned by the International Copper Association, this "single source" reference covers both technical and commercial information.

CONTENTS:
• History of the Use of Copper
• World Reserves, Production, and Consumption
• Copper Commodities in International Trade
• Production Costs and Market Price
• Metallurgy and Properties of Copper and Copper Alloys
• Copper Products, Their Fabrication and Application
• Environmental Aspects