Selection of the Best 2016 Metallurgical Books

01 -Tool Steels: Properties and Performance

Dr. Rafael Agnelli Mesquita has worked for more than 15 years in the physical metallurgy of alloyed steels, mainly on the application of steels in different industrial field and in the development of new compositions. His career has been a blend of academia and industrial experiences: 12 years in the R&D and production technology of high alloy steels in Villares Metals (voestalpine Edelstahl branch in Brazil), 4 years as a professor in Brazilian universities (University of S?o Paulo and University Nove de Julho) and as visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2011. To date, Dr. Mesquita has approximately 150 published papers and 10 product patents, most on the understanding, characterization and development of tool steels. He currently works in the USA under his own consulting firm, RAF Consult, and is mainly focused on niobium-bearing steels as a consultant of CBMM Technology. This handy book provides a single, up-to-date source of information for increasing the life of tool steels through optimized design and manufacturing. Supplying a solid understanding of the metallurgy involved, the text explains how material compositions, manufacturing processes, heat treatments, surface hardening techniques, and coatings affect tool steel properties, grades, and performance. It also explores real-life case studies and failure analyses, offering examples of die-life parameters and hints for modifying tool steels and heat treatments during cutting or forming processes. While the book offers deep coverage of properties, microstructure, and manufacturing, its focus is on describing the performance of each application of this special class of ferrous materials.

02 -Refractory Material Selection for Steelmaking

Why do you pick the refractory you do? How do you choose? Where do you start the selection process? The answers to these questions must always take into account the balance of competing interests among operations, purchasing, and the suppliers. Refractory Material Selection forSteelmaking is the ultimate guide to finding ideal answers to these questions. By following the step-by-step instructions—paired with detailed explanations and full-color diagrams—readers will be able to critically select the materials that are most appropriate for them. This book considers:

• The goals of refractory selection
• What causes refractories to wear out
• The properties of refractories and their raw materials
• Specific refractory applications
• Key strategies used to procure refractories

Tom Vert's 25 years of experience in steelmaking combined with a ceramic engineering background provide comprehensive information that will benefit anyone working with refractories in steelmaking or any other industry.

03 - Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel, and Their Alloys

The first of many important works featured in CRC Press’ Metals and Alloys Encyclopedia Collection, the Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel, and Their Alloys covers all the fundamental, theoretical, and application-related aspects of the metallurgical science, engineering, and technology of iron, steel, and their alloys. This Five-Volume Set addresses topics such as extractive metallurgy, powder metallurgy and processing, physical metallurgy, production engineering, corrosion engineering, thermal processing, metalworking, welding, iron- and steelmaking, heat treating, rolling, casting, hot and cold forming, surface finishing and coating, crystallography, metallography, computational metallurgy, metal-matrix composites, intermetallics, nano- and micro-structured metals and alloys, nano- and micro-alloying effects, special steels, and mining.

A valuable reference for materials scientists and engineers, chemists, manufacturers, miners, researchers, and students, this must-have encyclopedia:

• Provides extensive coverage of properties and recommended practices
• Includes a wealth of helpful charts, nomograms, and figures
• Contains cross referencing for quick and easy search

Each entry is written by a subject-matter expert and reviewed by an international panel of renowned researchers from academia, government, and industry.

04 - Corrosion Resistance of Steels, Nickel Alloys, and Zinc in Aqueous Media

Corrosion of metals in the presence of water is a common problem across many industries. Understanding how to protect materials against attack by water is paramount to extending component lifetimes and reducing maintenance. The materials selection process can sometimes become complex; usually involving multiple factors such as high strength requirements, operating temperature, high corrosion resistance, availability and cost. 

The present handbook compiles new and updated information on the corrosion behaviour of virtually all types of steels and other iron-based alloys as well as nickel alloys and zinc in contact with aqueous media such as seawater, brackish water, industrial waste water, municipal waste water, drinking water, and high-purity water. This compilation is an indispensable tool for all materials scientists, mechanical, civil and chemical engineers working with steels, iron-, nickel- or zinc-based materials exposed to aqueous environments.

05 - Welding Metallurgy and Weldability 

The most up-to-date coverage of welding metallurgy aspects and weldability issues associated with Ni-base alloys. "Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Nickel-Base Alloys" describes the fundamental metallurgical principles that control the microstructure and properties of welded Ni-base alloys. It serves as a practical how-to guide that enables engineers to select the proper alloys, filler metals, heat treatments, and welding conditions to ensure that failures are avoided during fabrication and service. Chapter coverage includes:

• Alloying additions, phase diagrams, and phase stability
• Solid-solution strengthened Ni-base alloys
• Precipitation strengthened Ni-base alloys
• Oxide dispersion strengthened alloys and nickel aluminides
• Repair welding of Ni-base alloys
• Dissimilar welding
• Weldability testing
• High-chromium alloys used in nuclear power applications

With its excellent balance between the fundamentals and practical problem solving, the book serves as an ideal reference for scientists, engineers, and technicians, as well as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in welding metallurgy.

06 - Aluminum-Lithium Alloy

Aluminum–Lithium Alloys: Process Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, and Welding provides theoretical foundations of the technological processes for melting, casting, forming, heat treatment, and welding of Al–Li alloys. It contains a critical survey of the research in the field and presents data on commercial Al–Li alloys, their phase composition, microstructure, and heat treatment of the ingots, sheets, forgings, and welds of Al–Li alloys. It details oxidation kinetics, protective alloying, hydrogen in Al–Li alloys, and crack susceptibility. It also discusses grain structure and solidification, as well as structural and mechanical properties. The book is illustrated with examples of Al–Li alloy applications in aircraft structures. Based on the vast experience of the coauthors, the book presents recommendations on solving practical problems involved with melting and casting ingots, welding of Al–Li alloys, and producing massive stampings for welded products.

• Provides comprehensive coverage of Al–Li alloys, not available in any single source.
• Presents research that is at the basis of the production technology for of ingots and products made of Al–Li alloys.
• Combines basic science with applied research, including upscaling and industrial implementation.
• Covers welding of Al–Li alloys in detail.
• Discusses gas and alkali-earth impurities in Al–Li alloys.
• Describes technological recommendations on casting and deformation of Al–Li alloys.

07 - Extractive Metallurgy of Cobalt 

As the title suggests this book focuses on the extractive metallurgy of cobalt which is rarely treated in a comprehensive manner as cobalt and cobalt-compounds are typically by-products of nickel and copper production. Introductory chapters cover history, mineralogy, chemical properties as well as reserves and production statistics. Chapter 4 (Cobalt Hydrometallurgy) is one of the main chapters that includes the leaching behaviour of the element with respect to the form of cobalt feed highlighting the importance of oxidation-reduction reactions. There are references to leaching kinetic models and relevant chemical thermodynamic considerations along with a number of examples of industrial process flow diagrams. Impurity precipitation and solvent extraction are also included in this chapter in a similar style with examples of processing equipment. Chapter 5 is a relatively brief chapter about cobalt-compound product precipitation ending with a summary table qualitatively ranking eight process features. Chapters 6 and 7 address the electrowinning and electrorefining of cobalt respectively. Important fundamental and applied considerations are covered. Chapter 8 is on the pyrometallurgy of cobalt with some description of hydrometallurgical refining options at the end. As with the hydrometallurgy chapter, a number of industrial flow diagrams are provided which is helpful. Chapter 9 is about the final uses for cobalt which is shifting with increasing application for cobalt containing batteries. The Metallurgie Extractive du Cobalt provides a good overview of cobalt from the primary sources to end-use with an emphasis on the metallurgical processing options of which there are quite a few. It is most relevant to metallurgical engineers interested in process development.

08 - The Physics of Solids

This textbook emphasizes a few fundamental principles and extracts from them a wealth of information. This approach also unifies an enormous and diverse subject which seems to consist of too many disjoint pieces. The book starts with the absolute minimum of formal tools, emphasizes the basic principles, and employs physical reasoning (" a little thinking and imagination" to quote R. Feynman) to obtain results. Continuous comparison with experimental data leads naturally to a gradual refinement of the concepts and to more sophisticated methods. After the initial overview with an emphasis on the physical concepts and the derivation of results by dimensional analysis, The Physics of Solids deals with the Jellium Model (JM) and the Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO) approaches to solids and introduces the basic concepts and information regarding metals and semiconductors. The remainder, constituting enrichment and elective material, re-examines the model under more realistic assumptions as well as new, more advanced subjects.

09 - Aerospace Materials Handbook

Whether an airplane or a space shuttle, a flying machine requires advanced materials to provide a strong, lightweight body and a powerful engine that functions at high temperature. The Aerospace Materials Handbook examines these materials, covering traditional superalloys as well as more recently developed light alloys. Capturing state-of-the-art developments in materials research for aeronautical and aerospace applications, this book provides a timely reference for both newcomers and veteran researchers in the field. The chapters address developments in bulk materials, coatings, traditional materials, and new materials. Beginning with an overview of superalloys, including nickel-, nickel–iron-, and cobalt-based superalloys, the text covers machining, laser cladding and alloying, corrosion performance, high-temperature oxidation, thermal spraying, and nanostructured coatings. It also includes four categories of composites used in aerospace: metal matrix, polymer, carbon nanotube-reinforced polymer, and self-healing composites. The text describes preparation, processing, and fatigue of lightweight magnesium alloys, as well as an exciting new class of materials—aerogels. This book brings readers to the cutting edge of research in materials for aerospace and aeronautics. It provides an entry point into this field and presents details to stimulate future research. This unique, up-to-date resource offers knowledge to enable practitioners to develop faster, more efficient, and more reliable air- and spacecraft.

10 - Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys

Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys: State of the Art, Challenges and Opportunities provides alternative methods to the conventional approach for the fabrication of the majority of titanium components produced via the cast and wrought technique, a process which involves a considerable amount of expensive machining. In contrast, the Additive Manufacturing (AM) approach allows very close to final part configuration to be directly fabricated minimizing machining cost, while achieving mechanical properties at least at cast and wrought levels. In addition, the book offers the benefit of significant savings through better material utilization for parts with high buy-to-fly ratios (ratio of initial stock mass to final part mass before and after manufacturing). 

• Includes coverage of the fundamentals of microstructural evolution in titanium alloys
• Introduces readers to the various Additive Manufacturing Technologies, such as Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) and Directed Energy Deposition (DED)
• Looks at the future of Titanium Additive Manufacturing
• Provides a complete review of the science, technology, and applications of Titanium Additive Manufacturing (AM)

11 - Materials for Ultra-Supercritical and Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Power Plants

Dr Augusto Di Gianfrancesco is a Materials & Technologies Consultant, Italy. He was based at Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM), Rome, Italy 1983 until 2014. He held Senior Metallurgist and Project Leader positions on “High Temperature Materials”. He was responsible for R&D activities on steels and superalloys for high temperature applications in power generation plants. He was also member of Management Committee of EU Program COST 522-536, co-founder of the European Creep Collaborative Committee and co-founder of the Italian Working Group on Creep Resistant Materials. In addition he has been member of the International Board of the 5th, 6th & 7th EPRI International Conferences on Advances in Materials Technology for Fossil Power Plants, METAL2013/4/5, the 6th International Conference on Creep, Fatigue and Creep-Fatigue Interaction, and vice chairman of the 3rd ECCC Conference held 2014 in Rome. He is author and/or co-author of more than 280 technical reports and more than 100 papers presented in national and international conferences or magazines. Materials for Ultra-Supercritical and Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Power Plants provides researchers in academia and industry with an essential overview of the stronger high-temperature materials required for key process components, such as membrane wall tubes, high-pressure steam piping and headers, superheater tubes, forged rotors, cast components, and bolting and blading for steam turbines in USC power plants. Advanced materials for future advanced ultra-supercritical power plants, such as superalloys, new martensitic and austenitic steels, are also addressed. Chapters on international research directions complete the volume.

12 - High-Entropy Alloys: Fundamentals and Applications

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive description of high-entropy alloys (HEAs). The authors summarize key properties of HEAs from the perspective of both fundamental understanding and applications, which are supported by in-depth analyses. The book also contains computational modeling in tackling HEAs, which help elucidate the formation mechanisms and properties of HEAs from various length and time scales. Dr. Michael C. Gao is a Principal Materials Scientist of AECOM at US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory and a courtesy faculty at Oregon State University. Professor Jien-Wei Yeh is a member of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at National Tsing Hua University. Peter K. Liaw is a Professor and Ivan Racheff Chair of Excellence in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at The University of Tennessee. Yong Zhang is a Professor of State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials at the University of Science & Technology Beijing.