Encyclopedia and Handbook of Materials, Parts and Finishes

• Utgivningsdatum: 2016-06-06
• Mått: 210 x 280 x undefined mm
• Vikt: 2 700 g
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 1 060
• Upplaga: 3
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• ISBN: 9781466567474

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Mel Schwartz has degrees in metallurgy and engineering management, and has studied law, metallurgical engineering, and education. Throughout his more than 51 years of professional experience, he served as a metallurgist in the U.S. Bureau of Mines; metallurgist and producibility engineer in the U.S. Chemical Corps; technical manufacturing manager, chief of R&D, research manufacturing engineering, and senior staff engineer at Martin-Marietta Corporation; program director, manager, director of manufacturing for R&D, and chief metals researcher at Rohr Corp; and staff engineer, specification specialist, chief of metals and metals processes, and manager of manufacturing technology at Sikorsky Aircraft. While retired, Mel has been a consultant for many industrial and commercial companies.

"... an excellent collection of well-defined and common materials science and engineering terms."—George Totten, G.E. Totten & Associates, LLC, Seattle, Washington, USA"... scrupulously researched, vetted, and organized. ... a convenient, easy-to-access, desktop, initial reference on classical, traditional, new, or emerging materials, parts, processes, or finishes."—Robert W. Messler, Jr., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA"... anyone who is in need of a glossary of the matters contained with the book will deem it a ‘must-have’ publication. ... people who need to know the precise meaning of an item covered in the text will find it an invaluable source of information. ... The name of the author is all I need to see to know with certainty that the content will be accurate, succinct, and relevant."—Philip Roberts, Delphi Brazing Consultants, Congleton, UK"... a compact but in-depth reference that will be useful to practitioners, researchers, and students in many engineering disciplines. Entries range from short paragraphs to several pages in length."—John B. Napp, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA"This encyclopedia and handbook explains information with high quality on materials, processes, systems, parts, finishes and coatings used in the automotive, aeronautic, computer, electronic, chemical and biomedical industries, etc. This handbook describes with accuracy and relevance great number of metallic, polymeric, ceramics, composites and other materials types, namely, nanomaterials."—International Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation, 2016

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