Metals & Alloys Books

New and Published Books

1. Organic Light Emitting Diodes

   The Use of Rare Earth and Transition Metals

   Edited by Luiz F. R. Pereira

   This book addresses the development of OLEDs based on rare-earth and transition metal complexes, especially focusing on europium, terbium, ruthenium, and rhenium. The idea is to explain how these organic materials can be used to build OLEDs. Taking into account the actual state of the art and the...

   Published May 23rd 2012 by Pan Stanford Publishing
2. Resistance Welding

   Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition

   By Hongyan Zhang, Jacek Senkara

   Drawing on state-of-the-art research results, Resistance Welding: Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition systematically presents fundamental aspects of important processes in resistance welding and discusses their implications on real-world welding applications. This updated edition...

   Published December 12th 2011 by CRC Press
3. Handbook of Metal Biotechnology

   Applications for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability

   Edited by Michihiko Ike, Mitsuo Yamashita, Satoshi Soda

   This book introduces various fields of metal biotechnology, emphasizing applications for the fields of environment conservation and resource recycling. The topics discussed include wastewater treatment and bioremediation technologies for hazardous metals making use of metal metabolism by...

   Published December 5th 2011 by Pan Stanford Publishing
4. Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys

   By Hugh J. McQueen, Stefano Spigarelli, Michael E. Kassner, Enrico Evangelista

   Series: Manufacturing Engineering and Materials Processing

   A comprehensive treatise on the hot working of aluminum and its alloys, Hot Deformation and Processing of Aluminum Alloys details the possible microstructural developments that can occur with hot deformation of various alloys, as well as the kind of mechanical properties that can be anticipated....

   Published September 27th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Oxide Semiconductors for Solar Energy Conversion

   Titanium Dioxide

   By Janusz Nowotny

   Series: Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

   Oxide semiconductors, including titanium dioxide (TiO2), are increasingly being considered as replacements for silicon in the development of the next generation of solar cells. Oxide Semiconductors for Solar Energy Conversion: Titanium Dioxide presents the basic properties of binary metal oxide...

   Published September 5th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Corrosion Mechanisms in Theory and Practice, Third Edition

   Edited by Philippe Marcus

   Series: Corrosion Technology

   Updated to include recent results from intensive worldwide research efforts in materials science, surface science, and corrosion science, Corrosion Mechanisms in Theory and Practice, Third Edition explores the latest advances in corrosion and protection mechanisms. It presents a detailed account of...

   Published August 17th 2011 by CRC Press
7. Introduction to Structural Aluminum Design

   By Ulrich Muller

   This book discusses the use of aluminium in structural and non-structural applications and provides an introduction to designing structures made from aluminium or aluminium alloy elements. It provides a complete ready reference to the material properties and behavior of aluminium, and its use in...

   Published February 16th 2011 by Whittles Publishing
8. Powder Metallurgy

   Science, Technology, and Materials

   By Anish Upadhyaya, Gopal Shankar Upadhyaya

   Since the 1920s, modern powder metallurgy has been used to produce a wide range of structural powder metallurgy components, self-lubricating bearings, and cutting tools. The conventional method involves the production of metal powders and the manufacture of useful objects from such powders by die...

   Published January 18th 2011 by Universities Press
9. The Magnesium Civilization

   An Alternative New Source of Energy to Oil

   By Takashi Yabe, Tatsuya Yamaji

   This book covers how magnesium can be used for metal-air-fuel cells for automobiles and powerplants. The automobile with Zinc-air-fuel cell achieved 600km mileage in 2003 and Magnesium-air-fuel cell can give 3 times more energy which is 7.5 times more effective than Lithium-ion battery....

   Published November 29th 2010 by Pan Stanford Publishing
10. Hume-Rothery Rules for Structurally Complex Alloy Phases

    By Uichiro Mizutani

    With a history that reaches back some 90 years, the Hume-Rothery rules were developed to provide guiding principles in the search for new alloys. Ultimately, the rules bridged metallurgy, crystallography, and physics in a way that led to the emergence of a physics of the solid state in 1930s,...

    Published November 14th 2010 by CRC Press