Authors:David A. Porter, Kenneth E. Easterling,
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: second, alloys, metals, transformations, phase
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 1992-09-10
List price: $73.95
ISBN-10: 0748757414
ISBN-13: 9780748757411

In the decade since the first edition of this popular text was published, the metallurgical field has undergone rapid developments in many sectors. Nonetheless, the underlying principles governing these developments remain the same. A textbook that presents these advances within the context of the fundamentals is greatly needed by instructors in the fieldPhase Transformations in Metals and Alloys, Second Edition maintains the simplicity that undergraduate instructors and students have come to appreciate while updating and expanding coverage of recently developed methods and materials. The book

Author: Everett Jenne
Publisher: Academic Press
Keywords: model, applications, mechanisms, variables, metals, geomedia, adsorption
Number of Pages: 583
Published: 1998-04-13
List price: $223.00
ISBN-10: 012384245X
ISBN-13: 9780123842459

Adsorption of Metals by Geomedia, serves as a needed resource for this topic which has received much attention during the past 15 years. The book provides an in-depth review of the field, followed by numerouschapters that document the current status of adsorption research for a variety of metals by geomedia ranging from individual minerals to sediments and soils. Adsorption mechanisms are detailed and precipitation is presented as a distinct sorption process.Virtually all factors affecting the extent of metal adsorption are examined, including the effects of selected anions, competition among

Authors:Nicholas D. Priest, Frank van de VYver,
Publisher: CRC-Press
Keywords: teeth, bones, fluoride, metals, trace
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1990-08-22
List price: $259.00
ISBN-10: 0849361907
ISBN-13: 9780849361906

This volume is a comprehensive introduction to the analysis, binding, uptake, metabolism, kinetics, modeling, distribution, occurrence, toxicity and chelation of metals and fluoride in the body, with special reference to mineralized tissues. Both toxic and relatively harmless polyvalent cations and anions are considered. Included are some which are stable, and others which are radioactive. While a number are essential trace elements, others have no known metabolic role. Most chapters are concerned with the uptake of bone-seeking ions by the living skeleton, but aspects of the post-mortem uptak

Author: Peter Laznicka
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: industrial, metals, sources, future, metallic, deposits, giant
Number of Pages: 950
Published: 2010-11-30
List price: $279.00
ISBN-10: 3642124046
ISBN-13: 9783642124044

Metals in the earth’s crust are very unevenly distributed and, traditionally, a small number of ore deposits, districts or countries have dominated the world supply and have influenced commodity prices. The importance of exceptionally large, or rich, deposits has greatly increased in the age of globalization when a small number of international corporations dominate the metals market, based on few very large ore deposits, practically anywhere in the world. Search for giant orebodies thus drives the exploration industry: not only the in-house teams of large internationals, but also hundre

Author: Dieter Landolt
Publisher: EFPL Press
Keywords: sciences, materials, engineering, metals, surface, chemistry, corrosion
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2007-05-02
List price: $119.95
ISBN-10: 0849382335
ISBN-13: 9780849382338

Providing a carefully developed and comprehensive overview of the corrosion chemistry of metallic materials, this book covers the principal methods of corrosion prevention. It includes a systematic study of the physical chemistry of the surface supported by state-of-the-art analysis methods. The author builds a scientific foundation by developing thermodynamics and kinetics of electrode-electrolyte interaction and other surface processes. This allows him to analyze and derive the models that are used in the study of corrosion for metals and their alloys, including electrochemical attack, high-

Authors:H. Magdi Selim, Michael C. Amacher,
Publisher: CRC-Press
Keywords: soils, metals, heavy, transport, reactivity
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1996-12-09
List price: $84.95
ISBN-10: 0873714733
ISBN-13: 9780873714730

The fate of heavy metal particles in the environment is important because they tend to be reactive, mobile, and highly toxic. Reactivity and Transport of Heavy Metals in Soils examines the sometimes complex interactions that occur between metals and the soil they occupy. It discusses basic kinetic concepts and covers the predictability and consequences of metal-soil interactions.This practical guide presents and explains heavy metal issues crucial to hazardous waste site cleanup, including:

Author: Joseph Riskin
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Keywords: consideration, electrochemical, plants, particular, approach, protection, metals, general, electrocorrosion
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2008-12-29
List price: $165.00
ISBN-10: 0444532951
ISBN-13: 9780444532954

Corrosion by external currents (electrocorrosion) of metallic constructions has to be regarded as a strongest factor of aggressiveness in conductive aggressive environments. Corrosion by stray currents of underground and underwater metal constructions was comprehensively and profoundly studied long ago and it is considered in this book only in the form of a review. The primary attention is focused on corrosion by external anodic (mainly) and cathodic currents of metal constructions in environments of high aggressiveness typical for electrochemical plants of chemical and non-ferrous metallurgic