Engineering Materials: Properties and SelectionFor courses in Metallurgy and Materials Science. Co-authored by Kenneth G. Budinski and Michael K. Budinski, his son, with over 50 years of combined industry experience in the field, this practical, understandable introduction to engineering materials theory and industry-standard selection practices provides students with the working knowledge to (1) make an informed selection of materials for engineering applications and (2) correctly specify materials on drawings and purchasing documents. Encompassing all significant material systems metals, ceramics, plastics, and composites this text incorporates the most up-to-date information on material usage and availability, addresses the increasingly global nature of the field, and reflects the suggestions of numerous adopters of previous editions. |
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... Titanium Titanium is probably the newest engineering metal . As an element it was discovered in 1791 , but it was not produced in metallic form until 1910. It remained a laboratory curiosity until commercial processes were developed for ...
... titanium contains about one weight percent of these interstitials . Titanium has limited solid solubility with other metals , but it has a strong tendency to com- bine with other metals and to form brittle inter- metallic compounds ...
... titanium and the 6 % aluminum , 4 % vanadium alloy ( grade 5 ) should be used where strength is needed . Titanium has a good high - temperature strength compared with the other light metals , aluminum and magnesium . The latter should ...
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Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection Kenneth G. Budinski,Michael K. Budinski No preview available - 2002 |