30458
Engineering Coatings
Edited by Stan Grainger 1992, 200 pp., illus., ISBN 0-8311-3045-8
$79.95

This practical handbook deals with materials and applications processes used for improving the surface durability for engineering components in service. Extensively illustrated with clear photographs of equipment and applications procedures, it also contains tables of process characteristics and material properties.

Topics Covered Include:
Mechanisms of Wear. Weld Surfacing Materials and Properties. Thermal Spraying Processes and Materials. Electrodeposited Coatings. Physical and Chemical Vapor Deposition Techniques. Plastics Coatings. Finishing of Surface Coatings Applied by Welding and Thermal Spraying. Quality Assurance.