This one-stop reference is a tremendous value and time saver for engineers, designers and researchers who select and process aluminum and aluminum alloys. Emerging technologies, including aluminum metal-matrix composites, are combined with all the essential aluminum information from the 18-volume ASM Handbook series (with newly updated statistical information).
General introduction to aluminum and alloy metallurgy and designations
Selection and application of wrought, cast, powdered, composite, coating materials
Casting, forming, fabrication and finishing
Metallography, microstructures and phase diagrams
Properties of aluminum and alloys, including corrosion behavior and tribology.
