Table of Contents

Engineering materials; Properties of materials; Mechanical testing; The crystal structure of metals; Casting process; Mechanical deformation of metals; The mechanical shaping of metals; Alloys; Equilibrium diagrams; Practical microscopy; Iron and steel; The heat-treatment of plain-carbon steels; Alloy steels; The surface hardening of steels; Cast iron; Copper and its alloys; Aluminium and its alloys; Other non-ferrous metals and their alloys; Plastics materials and rubbers; Properties of plastics; Ceramics; Glasses; Composite materials; Fibre-reinforced composite materials; Methods of joining materials; Causes of failure; Choice of materials and processes; Appendix: Properties of engineering materials; Index.

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