Physical Metallurgy Principles (The Pws-Kent Series in Engineering)

By Robert E. Reed-Hill, Lara Abbaschian, Reza Abbaschian

Book Overview

Abbaschian/Abbaschian's PHYSICAL METALLURGY PRINCIPLES, 5th Edition, is specifically designed for students taking introductory courses in physical metallurgy within engineering at the junior or senior... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534921736
• ISBN13: 9780534921736
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: CL Engineering
• Length: 926 Pages
• Weight: 3.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Awesome.

Arrived right on time in perfect condition. That's pretty much all im looking for from these people.

Good reference but not good for teaching yourself

This is in reference to the hard-cover 3rd edition. The book is good for reference, with just enough detail to be useful in every topic of materials science. You don't normally find atomic structure, microscopy, dislocation theory and fracture mechanics in one volume. It even has basic thermodynamics and diffusion. BUT because it attempts to be comprehensive, it doesn't have enough room to go into depth in all the topics. I think this book should be titled "Introduction to Materials Science, before the nano-polymer revolution." I think it would be a better title. I think this is how the book was written: 1. Take a intro to materials book 2. take out electro-opti-magnetic properties 3. add fracture mechanics. 4. make it thicker. If you want to learn the subject, I think there are better books that are easier to read. But if you want to pull it off your shelf to read bits and pieces, this is pretty good.

Very good foundation

I believe that this book is an excellent text for understanding physical metallurgy for the beginner . This is also an excellent reference manual for later information.