This one-stop reference is a tremendous value time saver for engineers, designers and researchers. Emerging technologies, including aluminium metal matrix composites, are combined with all the essential aluminum information from the multi-volume ASM Handbook series.Contents: General Introduction to Aluminum and Alloy Metallurgy and Designations; Selection and Application of Wrought, Cast, Powdered, composite, Coating Materials; Casting, Forming, Fabrication and Finishing; Metallography, Microstructures and Phase Diagrams; Properties of Aluminum and Alloys, including Corrosion Behavior and Tribology.