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Advances in fire retardant materials

This book offers an important updated to Horrocks and Price’s Fire retardant materials . It provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the advances that have occurred in fire science in …

Chemistry, manufacture and applications of natural rubber

Materials, design and manufacturing for lightweight vehicles

Introduction to aerospace materials

Laser cooling of solids

Laser Cooling of Solids provides a timely review of this promising field of research. It focuses on the physics of cooling processes and the mathematical description of these processes, then discusses …

Hydrometallurgy : principles and applications

Mineral wool : production and properties

Creep-resistant steels

Creep-resistant steels are widely used in the petroleum, chemical and power generation industries. Creep-resistant steels must be reliable over very long periods of time at high temperatures and in …

Titanium alloys : modelling of microstructure, properties and applications

An exploration of modeling techniques for the microstructure and properties of titanium and its alloys, this book discusses experimental techniques such as microscopy, synchrotron radiation X-ray …

Superplastic forming of advanced metallic materials : methods and applications

Ultra fine-grained metals can show exceptional ductility, known as superplasticity, during sheet forming. The higher ductility of superplastic metals makes it possible to form large and complex …

Ceramic-matrix composites : microstructure, properties and applications

Computational welding mechanics : thermomechanical and microstructural simulations

MIG welding guide

Developments in high-temperature corrosion and protection of materials

High temperature corrosion is a phenomenon that occurs in components that operate at very high temperatures, such as gas turbines, jet engines and industrial plants. Engineers are constantly striving …

Corrosion of magnesium alloys

Strengthening and rehabilitation of civil infrastructures using fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites

The repair of deteriorated, damaged and substandard civil infrastructures has become one of the most important issues for the civil engineer worldwide. This book discusses the use of externally bonded …

Materials for energy conversion devices

As the finite capacity and pollution problems of fossil fuels grow more pressing, new sources of more sustainable energy are being developed. Materials for energy conversion devices summarises the key …

Techniques for corrosion monitoring

Maraging steels : modelling of microstructure, properties and applications

Maraging steels are high-strength steels combined with good toughness. They are used particularly in aerospace and tooling applications. Maraging refers to the ageing of martensite, a hard …

Surface modification of biomaterials : methods, analysis and applications

The surface modification of biomaterials plays a significant role in determining the outcome of biological-material interactions. With the appropriate modification a material's surface can be …