Engineers are faced with a bewildering array of choices when selecting a surface treatment for a specific corrosion or wear application. This book provides practical information to help them select the best possible treatment. An entire chapter is devoted to process comparisons, and dozens of useful tables and figures compare surface treatment thickness and hardness ranges; abrasion and corrosion resistance; processing time, temperature, and pressure; costs; distortion tendencies; and other critical process factors and coating characteristics. The chapter 'Practical Guidelines for Surface...

This hefty volume details cutting tool materials and materials used for molds, dies, and other metalworking applications, and answers questions relating to materials selection. Four sections provide data on the applications and operating parameters of six classes of materials; materials for metalwor

In 10,000 alphabetical entries, supplemented by some 700 figures and 150 tables, the Dictionary brings together in a unified format glossary terms published in the ASM Handbooks, with much new matter added, and revisions and/or additions made to existing terms. Expanded coverage of key material grou

As the title suggests, this is an introductory book covering the basics of corrosion. It is intended primarily for professionals who are not corrosion experts, but may also be useful as a quick reference for corrosion engineers. Included in the 12 chapters are discussions of the physical principles