This comprehensive summary of the current state of the art of titanium addresses, in varying levels of detail, all aspects of titanium, including: basic characteristics and physical metallurgy, the extractive metallurgy, the various production processes, the correlations between processing, microstructure and properties, and all aspects of applications including economic ones. The book covers commercial pure (CP) titanium, alpha + beta and beta alloys, as well as titanium based intermetallics and titanium matrix composites. Richly illustrated with more than 300 figures, this compendium takes a conceptual approach to the physical metallurgy and applications of titanium, making it suitable as a reference and tutorial for materials scientists and engineers.
- ISBN10 3540713980
- ISBN13 9783540713982
- Publish Date 1 July 2007 (first published 11 June 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Springer
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format eBook
- Language English