Materials Processing Handbook

Provides a comprehensive treatment of materials processes accompanied by key dataSynthesizes scientific fundamentals of materials processes and their practical applicationPresents state-of-the-art knowledge but requires only a nominal background in fundamental materials scienceIncludes up-to-date references and a critical assessment of processing capabilities and applicationsCovers all types of materials processes applied to ceramics, glasses, polymers, metals, composites, semiconductors, and biomaterials Offering a wide-ranging, one-stop reference, the Materials Processing Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of processes applied to a large collection of solid materials: ceramics, polymers, metals, composites, and semiconductors. It presents the fundamentals of materials processes by emphasizing the processing-structure-property relationship. Organized into six sections, this handbook covers fundamentals and applications of processes that convert one phase into another phase, materials processes that change only the microstructure within a solid phase, shape changes that modify the microstructure and properties of materials, joining processes, and basics of processes integration.