Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. Freezing. Diffusion. Surfaces. Solid Solutions. Intermediate Phases. Phase Diagrams. Dislocations. Annealing. Phase Transformations. Aluminum Alloys. Copper and Nickel Alloys. Hexagonal Metals. Other Nonferrous Alloys. Steels. Hardening of Steels. Tempering and Surface Hardening. Low Carbon Steels. Special Steels. Cast Irons. Welding. Powder Processing. Corrosion. Magnetic Materials. Appendix A: Microstructural Analysis. Appendix B: Stereographic Projection. Appendix C: Miller-Bravais Indices for Hexagonal Crystals.

About the Author

William F. Hosford is a Professor Emeriti s of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan. He holds degreeE in Metallurgy and Metallurgical Engineering
from Lehigh, Yale and Ml:T. He is the author of several books including Metal Forming:
Mechanics and Metallurgy, 3rd edition (with R. M. Caddell) Mechanics of Crystals and
Textured Polycrystals, Physical Metallurgy, Materials Science, Materials for Engineers,
Reporting Results: A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists,

Reviews

“The book covers all the major topics in metallurgy as well as some additional subjects such as welding and corrosion. …Many of the chapters contain example problems that are quite useful for understanding the subject matter. Additionally, each chapter contains a section titles ‘Miscellany’ that presents certain interesting historical information about the subject matter of that chapter. …This book, unlike many metallurgy books, presents a generous number of phase diagrams that are useful in describing the behavior of many of the alloys systems presented.”
—The Journal of Science and Engineering Corrosion, Vol. 62, No. 1, Jan. 2006