Engineering materials : properties and selection /
Kenneth G. Budinski and Michael K. Budinski
- Sixth edition.
- New Jersey : Prentice-Hall, c1999
- xi, 718 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
The structure of materials -- Properties and selection -- Principles of polymeric materials -- plastic and polymer composite fabrication processes -- Selection of plastic/Polymer materials -- Ceramics, cerments, glass, and carbon products -- Steel products -- Heat treatmetn of steels -- Carbon and alloy steels -- Tool steels -- Corrosion -- Stainless steels -- cast iron, cast steel, and powder metallurgy materials -- Copper and its alloys -- Aluminum and its alloys -- Mickel, zinc, titanium, magnesium, and refratory metals -- The selection process -- failure prevention
Information is presented on the properties of repertoire materials; then we tell the readers how to specify these materials on engineering drawings and documents.