Fundamentals of Metallurgy

S Seetharaman (Edited by)

9781855739277, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 10 October 2005

576 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm, 1 kg

As product specifications become more demanding, manufacturers require steel with ever more specific functional properties. As a result, there has been a wealth of research on how those properties emerge during steelmaking. Fundamentals of metallurgy summarises this research and its implications for manufacturers.

The first part of the book reviews the effects of processing on the properties of metals with a range of chapters on such phenomena as phase transformations, types of kinetic reaction, transport and interfacial phenomena. Authors discuss how these processes and the resulting properties of metals can be modelled and predicted. Part two discusses the implications of this research for improving steelmaking and steel properties.

With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Fundamentals of metallurgy is an invaluable reference for steelmakers and manufacturers requiring high-performance steels in such areas as automotive and aerospace engineering. It will also be useful for those dealing with non-ferrous metals and alloys, material designers for functional materials, environmentalists and above all, high technology industries designing processes towards materials with tailored properties.

Part 1 Understanding the effects of processing on the properties of metals: The behaviour of metals during high-temperature processing
Thermodynamic aspects of metals processing
Phase diagrams, phase transformations, and the prediction of metal properties
Measurement and estimation of physical properties of metals at high temperatures
Transport phenomena and metals properties
Interfacial phenomena, metals processing, and properties
The kinetics of metallurgical reactions in metals processing
Thermoanalytical methods in metals processing. Part 2 Improving process and product quality: Improving process design in steel-making
Solidification and steel casting
Analysing metal working processes
Understanding and improving powder metallurgical processes
Improving steel-making and steel properties.

Subject Areas: Metals technology / metallurgy [TDM]