Materials for engineers William F. Hosford

Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Phases 3. Diffusion 4. Mechanical behavior 5. Mechanical failure 6. Annealing 7. Iron and steel 8. Non-ferrous metals 9. Casting and welding 10. Solid shaping 11. Polymers 12. Polymer processing 13. Glasses 14. Crystalline ceramics 15. Powder processing 16. Pottery and concrete 17. Composites 18. Carbon 19. Fibers, foams and porous materials 20. Electrical properties 21. Optical and thermal properties 22. Magnetic materials 23. Corrosion 24. Modern manufacturing techniques and surface treatments and recycling Appendix I. Wood Appendix II. Miller indices for planes and directions Appendix III. Xray diffraction Appendix IV. Surfaces Appendix V. Dislocations Appendix VI. Avrami kinetics Appendix VII. Organic chemistry Appendix VIII. Average molecular weight Appendix IX. Bond geometry in compounds Appendix X. Weibull analysis