Military Metallurgy PDF

The science and technology of metals is diverse, covering aspects such as: extraction from ores, refining, alloying, castings and ingot production, primary production, secondary production to semi-finished products, heat treatment, quality control, mechanical property measurement, study of microstructures (using microscopes), atomic structure, materials selection, joining, machining, wear, corrosion, fatigue, environmental effects on mechanical properties, failure and fractography, and recycling of scrap. In this book, depending on the military example being discussed, some of these aspects will scarcely be mentioned - but the areas of mechanical properties, microstructure and materials selection keep recurring, and these are now introduced.

Edited by: Alistair Doig