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Research and development of high temperature materials for industry
Materials Science and Engineering, A 151 (1992) 113
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Book Review
Research and Development of High Temperature Materialsfor Industry edited by E. Bullock; published by Elsevier Applied Science, Barking; 1989; 680 pp.; price, £78.00
This book is a review of high temperature materials sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities and published by Elsevier. The copyright date in my copy is 1989 and so we must assume that this presents a review of high temperature materials research and development up to the end of 1988. In such a fast moving field it is a pity that this volume was not available earlier. The production is a cameraready format and it is a pity that the editor and publishers chose a common courier type-face which is not the most readable. There are a number of typographic errors as would be expected from a cameraready work but there are not too many and the text is easily understandable. The book is in four sections, covering material properties, processing, applications and optimisation. Each section is subdivided to cover a number of materials and/or technologies. However, this has led to a certain degree of duplication of information between the sections. This should have been avoidable since, in many cases, the two or more section entries for a given material are written by the same contributor. It might have served better to combine the material properties
and processing sections. The age of the book shows through most clearly when it reviews the fastest moving materials such as metal and ceramic matrix composites which do not present an up to date bibliography. However, in the equally fast moving area of intermetallics, I found the contribution informative. The sections on applications and optimisation were the most interesting to me, but this may reflect my lack of background in this area and they too may be rather dated in concept. The main interest of this book is the highly diverse range of high temperature technologies it covers. From ferrous alloy development through titanium, refractory and platinum group metals to metal matrix composites and coating technologies. An equally diverse range of materials is found with the ceramic and traditional refractories sections. In this way it gives a snapshot of the state of high temperature materials development at the end of the '80s. This book is for reading about the areas of work related to your own research to give an idea of parallel developments. It is a good reference work for a library to have on its shelves to allow materials engineers to improve their background knowledge. B. Derby
Department of Materials Oxford University OX1 3PH, UK
Elsevier Sequoia
113
Book Review
Research and Development of High Temperature Materialsfor Industry edited by E. Bullock; published by Elsevier Applied Science, Barking; 1989; 680 pp.; price, £78.00
This book is a review of high temperature materials sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities and published by Elsevier. The copyright date in my copy is 1989 and so we must assume that this presents a review of high temperature materials research and development up to the end of 1988. In such a fast moving field it is a pity that this volume was not available earlier. The production is a cameraready format and it is a pity that the editor and publishers chose a common courier type-face which is not the most readable. There are a number of typographic errors as would be expected from a cameraready work but there are not too many and the text is easily understandable. The book is in four sections, covering material properties, processing, applications and optimisation. Each section is subdivided to cover a number of materials and/or technologies. However, this has led to a certain degree of duplication of information between the sections. This should have been avoidable since, in many cases, the two or more section entries for a given material are written by the same contributor. It might have served better to combine the material properties
and processing sections. The age of the book shows through most clearly when it reviews the fastest moving materials such as metal and ceramic matrix composites which do not present an up to date bibliography. However, in the equally fast moving area of intermetallics, I found the contribution informative. The sections on applications and optimisation were the most interesting to me, but this may reflect my lack of background in this area and they too may be rather dated in concept. The main interest of this book is the highly diverse range of high temperature technologies it covers. From ferrous alloy development through titanium, refractory and platinum group metals to metal matrix composites and coating technologies. An equally diverse range of materials is found with the ceramic and traditional refractories sections. In this way it gives a snapshot of the state of high temperature materials development at the end of the '80s. This book is for reading about the areas of work related to your own research to give an idea of parallel developments. It is a good reference work for a library to have on its shelves to allow materials engineers to improve their background knowledge. B. Derby
Department of Materials Oxford University OX1 3PH, UK
Elsevier Sequoia