Materials for engineers and technicians / William Bolton, R.A. Higgins.

Includes index.

Table of Contents. – Ch. 1 Engineering materials. – Ch. 2 Properties of materials. – Ch. 3 Mechanical testing. – Ch. 4 The Crystal structure of metals. – Ch. 5 Casting process. – Ch. 6 Mechanical deformation of metals. – Ch. 7 The mechanical shaping of metal. – Ch. 8 Alloys. – Ch. 9 Equilibrium diagrams. – Ch. 10 Practical microscopy. – Ch. 11 Iron and steel. – Ch. 12 The heat treatment of plain-carbon steels. – Ch. 13 Alloy steels. – Ch. 14 The surface hardening of steels. – Ch. 15 Cast Iron. – Ch. 16 Copper and its alloys. – Ch. 17 Aluminium and its alloys. – Ch. 18 Other non-ferrous metals and alloys. – Ch. 19 Plastics materials and rubbers. – Ch. 20 Properties of plastics. – Ch. 21 Glasses. – Ch. 22 Composite materials. – Ch. 23 Fibre-reinforced composite materials. – Ch. 24 Methods of joining materials. – Ch. 25 Causes of failure. – Ch. 26 Choice of materials and processes. – Ch. 27 Selection of materials.

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