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Written in clear, accessible language, with illustrations throughout, this book describes the essential part played by metals in our lives at home, and in industry and civilisation. Fully updated and revised, this edition discusses many new developments, including improvements in iron and steelmaking and new magnetic alloys. In addition there are many glimpses of metallurgical problems rarely mentioned in other technical books; for example corrosion in the Statue of Liberty, and the use of lead to straighten the leaning Tower of Pisa. 'A superb piece of science writing. Like a whole generation of metallurgists, I owe a lot to Street and Alexander' - Nigel Hawkes, Observer
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Synopsis:
This survey describes the essential part played in our lives at home and in industry and civilization, by metals as common as iron and as rare as praseodymium. The distribution of metals is discussed, with an analysis of the Earth's crust and descriptions of the mining and smelting of metallic ores and of the blending of metals to form alloys. Later chapters look at the properties and uses of all the major and minor metals, the use of metals in nuclear energy, the shaping of metals for tasks as varied as the making of a needle and a high-pressure gas cylinder, the casting of a bronze statue and a large marine propeller, and the latest methods of steel-making.
About the Author:
Professor William Alexander was Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Aston in Birmingham until his retirement in 1976, when he was appointed professor emeritus.
Dr Arthur Street studied metallurgy and conducted research. He was chairman of a British diecasting company until his retirement in 1975.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0140257764
- ISBN 13 9780140257762
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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