Metals and
Alloys
Dictionaries
and Encyclopedias
Metals encyclopedias
provide background and overviews for metals or alloys topics. Go to reference
for other dictionaries and encyclopedias in materials science.
- ASM Handbook.
Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TA459 .M43
Formerly Metals Handbook.
- Bauccio, Michael,
ed. ASM Metals Reference Book. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International,
1993.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TA459 .A78
- Brown, Colin
D. Dictionary of Metallurgy. Chichester; New York: John Wiley, 1998.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TN609 .B76
- Elsevier's
Dictionary of Metallurgy in Six Languages: English/American, French, Spanish,
Italian, Dutch, and German. Amsterdam, New York: Elsevier Pub. Co., 1967.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TN669 .E44
- Smithells, Colin
J. Smithells Metals Reference Book. 8th ed. Burlington, MA : Elsevier Butterworth- Heinemann,
2004.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TN671 .S55 2004
7th ed. in Engineering & Science Library Book Collection: TN671 .S55 1991
7th ed. also available electronically thru Knovel
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Journal and Conference Articles
- Metadex
(Carnegie Mellon users only)
1966- (updated monthly)
Available: Materials Science Collection, CSA Illumina.
Metals Abstracts. Metals Park, Ohio: American Society for Metals., 1968-1994.
1968-1994 print issues in Offsite Storage.
Find references to patents, as well as journal articles and conference proceedings
on metals and alloys.
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Alloys Data
These reference
books identify alloy composition (if you have a specific alloy name or code)
and give alternate names for the same alloy composition.
- Alloy Digest.
Upper Montclair, N.J., Engineering Alloys Digest, Sept. 1952-
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: 669 A44
Each sheet gives manufacturer, composition, properties, recommended treatments
and applications of a particular alloy.
- Hansen, Max.
Constitution of Binary Alloys. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1958.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TA483 .H313
- Metals &
Alloys in the Unified Numbering System : with a Description of the System
and a Cross Index of Chemically Similar Specifications. 10th ed. Warrendale,
Pa.: Society of Automotive Engineers; [Philadelphia]: American Society for
Testing and Materials, 2004.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TA461 .M48
- Petzow, G. and
G. Effenberg, eds. Ternary Alloys : a Comprehensive Compendium of Evaluated
Constitutional Data and Phase Diagrams. Weinheim, Federal Republic of
Germany; New York, N.Y., USA: VCH, 1988-
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TN693 .S5T47
- The PGM Database - platinum group metals
- S.A.E. Handbook.
New York City: Society of Automotive Engineers.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TL151 .S62 2005
Older editions are located in the Engineering and Science Library Book Collection and
are available for check-out.
- Unterweiser,
Paul M., ed. Worldwide Guide to Equivalent Irons and Steels. 4th ed.
Materials Park, OH: ASM International, 2000.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TA466 .W67 2000
- Woldman, Norman
Emme. Woldman's Engineering Alloys. 9th ed. Materials Park, OH: ASM
International, 2000.
Engineering & Science Library Reference Collection: TA483 .W64 2000
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