ASM Metals Reference Book, 3rd Ed.

by Michael Bauccio

A handbook for engineering designers (materials engineers, metallurgists, etc.) involved in the complex and continuous process of materials selection. Following an extensive glossary of metallurgical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871704781
• ISBN13: 9780871704788
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: ASM International(OH)
• Length: 650 Pages
• Weight: 4.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good source of metals data.

This book focuses on the properties of ferrous and non-ferrous alloys. It is a companion to the ASM Metals Handbook Desk Edition and the complete 20-plus volumes of the ASM Handbook. It differs from the desk edition and complete set of handbooks in that it focuses almost entirely on data and does not contain the additional information on other topics, such as casting or joining. It also does not contain the background sections, which discuss some of the metallurgy behind the data that is provided. This is a thinner book than the Metals Handbook Desk Edition (614 pager versus 1521 pages), but it is only a little less expensive ($192 versus $262). If you can afford it, I would buy the ASM Metals Handbook Desk Edition (I have both). The Desk Edition is, in my opinion, well worth the additional $70.

knowledge

The information inside is very clear and simple to understand.