Polmear Light Alloys

From Traditional Alloys to Nanocrystals
4. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-08-049610-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Web PDF

The definitive overview of the science and metallurgy of aluminum, magnesium, titanium and beryllium alloys, this is the only book available covering the background materials science, properties, manufacturing processes and applications of these key engineering metals in a single accessible volume. Use of these metals is now more widespread than ever, and they are routinely found in motor vehicles and aircraft. New material includes materials characteristics and applications; heat treatment properties; fabrication; microstructure/property relationships; new applications and processes.
*The definitive single volume overview
*New material on processing, characteristics and applications of these essential metals
*Covers the latest applications and processes in the auto and aero industries

After a career in industry that included serving as Principal Research Scientist and Leader of the Aircraft Materials Group at Australia's Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Dr. Polmear moved to academia where he became Chairman of the Department of Materials Science at Monash University as well as a founding member of the Department of Materials Engineering and later Deputy Vice-Chancellor. His research interests - which included precipitation hardening in aluminium alloys, development of high strength alloys for aircraft, metal fatigue and weldable light alloys - led to collaborations with laboratories and industries in Australia, Britain, Switzerland, USA and Germany. He published the first edition of Light Alloys in 1981. Dr. Polmear is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Polmear, Ian

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Copyright Page;5
3;Contents;6
4;Preface to the first edition;8
5;Preface to the second edition;10
6;Preface to the third edition;12
7;Preface to the fourth edition;14
8;Chapter 1. The light metals;16
8.1;1.1 General introduction ;16
8.2;1.2 Production of aluminium;30
8.3;1.3 Production of magnesium;36
8.4;1.4 Production of titanium;39
8.5;Further reading;42
9;Chapter 2. Physical metallurgy of aluminium alloys;44
9.1;2.1 Work hardening and annealing;47
9.2;2.2 Principles of age hardening;58
9.3;2.3 Ageing processes;76
9.4;2.4 Corrosion;85
9.5;2.5 Mechanical behaviour;92
9.6;Further Reading;110
10;Chapter 3. Wrought aluminium alloys;112
10.1;3.1 Production of wrought alloys;112
10.2;3.2 Designation of alloys and tempers;130
10.3;3.3 Non-heat-treatable alloys;143
10.4;3.4 Heat-treatable alloys;146
10.5;3.5 Joining;175
10.6;3.6 Special products;185
10.7;Further Reading;218
11;Chapter 4. Cast aluminium alloys;220
11.1;4.1 Designation, temper and characteristics of cast aluminium alloys;222
11.2;4.2 Alloys based on the aluminium–silicon system;231
11.3;4.3 Alloys based on the aluminium–copper system;241
11.4;4.4 Aluminium–magnesium alloys;242
11.5;4.5 Aluminium–zinc–magnesium alloys;242
11.6;4.6 New casting processes;243
11.7;4.7 Joining;249
11.8;Further reading;250
12;Chapter 5. Magnesium alloys;252
12.1;5.1 Introduction to alloying behaviour;252
12.2;5.2 Melting and casting;265
12.3;5.3 Alloy designations and tempers;273
12.4;5.4 Zirconium-free casting alloys;274
12.5;5.5 Zirconium-containing casting alloys;288
12.6;5.6 Wrought magnesium alloys;297
12.7;5.7 Electrochemical aspects;303
12.8;5.8 Fabrication of components;306
12.9;5.9 Trends in applications of magnesium alloys;307
12.10;Further reading;311
13;Chapter 6. Titanium alloys;314
13.1;6.1 Introduction;314
13.2;6.2 a-alloys;320
13.3;6.3 a /b alloys;332
13.4;6.4 b-alloys;347
13.5;6.5 Fabrication;350
13.6;6.6 Titanium alloy castings;362
13.7;6.7 Engineering performance;363
13.8;6.8 Applications of titanium alloys;369
13.9;Further reading;380
14;Chapter 7. Novel materials and processing methods;382
14.1;7.1 Composites;382
14.2;7.2 Metallic Foams;396
14.3;7.3 Rapid solidification processing;399
14.4;7.4 Quasicrystals;407
14.5;7.5 Amorphous alloys;408
14.6;7.6 Mechanical alloying;412
14.7;7.7 Physical vapour deposition;414
14.8;7.8 Nanophase alloys;415
14.9;7.9 Titanium aluminides;419
14.10;Further reading;426
15;Appendix;428
16;Index;430