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This handbook is an in-depth guide to the practical aspects of materials and corrosion engineering in the energy and chemical industries. The book covers materials, corrosion, welding, heat treatment, coating, test and inspection, and mechanical design and integrity. A central focus is placed on industrial requirements, including codes, standards, regulations, and specifications that practicing material and corrosion engineers and technicians face in all roles and in all areas of responsibilit...

Carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond-forming reactions are the backbone of synthetic organic chemistry. Scientists are constantly developing and improving these techniques in order to maximize the diversity of synthetically available molecules. These techniques must be developed in a sustainable manner in order to limit their environmental impact. This book highlights green carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond forming reactions.

This book introduces the latest results in research and practice of industrial solid waste recycling in China's western regions, where more than 50% of the waste in the whole country was produced. With rapid development in recent years, the massive industrial solid waste has become a serious problem in China. This book summarizes information and results of several National Research Programs of China concerning the typical solid wastes of the metallurgical and energy industry in western China, su...

Metals have been vital to human civilization for many thousands of years. Their durability and recyclability should make them ideal materials for a sustainable economy. This book assembles experts from many fields to discuss the conditions and limits of sustainable metals management. The contributors examine the theoretical ideas and goals of sustainability, and apply them across the metal making and trading process.

This book focuses on the effect of plasma nitriding on the properties of steels. Parameters of different grades of steels are considered, such as structural and constructional steels, stainless steels and tools steels. The reader will find within the text an introduction to nitriding treatment, the basis of plasma and its roll in nitriding. The authors also address the advantages and disadvantages of plasma nitriding in comparison with other nitriding methods.

This book describes and systemizes analytical and numerical solutions for a broad range of instantaneous and continuous, stationary and moving, concentrated and distributed, 1D, 2D and 3D heat sources in semi-infinite bodies, thick plane layers, thin plates and cylinders under various boundary conditions. The analytical solutions were mainly obtained by the superimposing principle for various parts of the proposed 1D, 2D and 3D heat sources and based on the assumption that only heat conduction p...

Bei einer Reihe von elektrochemischen Prozessen ist es notwendig, Anoden- und Kathodenraume durch Membranen voneinander zu trennen, um auf diese Weise in den ent- sprechenden Raumen unterschiedliche Oxydations- bzw. Reduktionsbedingungen oder Konzentrationen aufrecht zu erhalten. Hierzu gehoren Ubliche Verfahren der Alkali-Chloridelektrolyse zur Alkalihydroxid- und Chbrherstellung, verschiedene Ver- fahrensvarianten der Nickelelektrolyse, wobei Auflosung und Entladung an den Elektroden die Haupt...

This book introduces the fascinating world of plasmonics and physics at the nanoscale, with a focus on simulations and the theoretical aspects of optics and nanotechnology. A research field with numerous applications, plasmonics bridges the gap between the micrometer length scale of light and the secrets of the nanoworld. This is achieved by binding light to charge density oscillations of metallic nanostructures, so-called surface plasmons, which allow electromagnetic radiation to be focussed do...

The book describes the valorization of biomass-derived compounds over gold catalysts. Since biomass is a rich renewable feedstock for diverse platform molecules, including those currently derived from petroleum, the interest in various transformation routes has become intense. Catalytic conversion of biomass is one of the main approaches to improving the economic viability of biorefineries.  In addition, Gold catalysts were found to have outstanding activity and selectivity in many key reactio...

In the preliminary stage of designing new structural hardware that must perform a given mission in a fluctuating load environment, there are several factors the designers should consider. Trade studies for different design configurations should be performed and, based on strength and weight considerations, among others, an optimum configuration selected. The selected design must be able to withstand the environment in question without failure. Therefore, a comprehen sive structural analysis tha...

The International Symposium on Shape Memory Effects and Appli cations was held at the University of Toronto on May 19-20, 1975, in four sessions over two days, as part of the regular 1975 Spring Meeting of The Metallurgical Society of AlME, sponsored by the Physical Metallurgy Committee of The Metallurgical Society. This was the first symposium on the subject, the only previous meeting at all related being the 1968 NOL Symposium on TiNi and Associated Compounds. One of the major intentions of t...

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

In den vergangenen Jahren haben die Ergebnisse zahlreicher Forschungsarbeiten zu weiteren Verbesserungen und einer umfangreichen Bearbeitung des Buches gefuhrt. Die Darstellung der Methoden zur Berechnung wichtiger Seilgroessen und ihre Erlauterung durch Rechenbeispiele sind ein besonderes Anliegen dieser Neuauflage. Die Anzahl der Rechenbeispiele wurden, zur besseren Veranschaulichung, erhoeht. Daruber hinaus gibt es eine Reihe von Excel-gestutzten Rechenprogrammen, die kostenlos abgerufen wer...

Advanced Control and Supervision of Mineral Processing Plants describes the use of dynamic models of mineral processing equipment in the design of control, data reconciliation and soft-sensing schemes; through examples, it illustrates tools integrating simulation and control system design for comminuting circuits and flotation columns. Coverage is given to the design of soft sensors based on either single-point measurements or more complex measurements like images. Issues concerning data reconci...

Dieses Buch wendet sich an Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure in Hochschule und Industrie in den Gebieten Werkstoff- und Fertigungstechnik. Insbesondere werden die in der Verschleißforschung oder im Verschleißschutz Tätigen angesprochen. Das Werk behandelt eine Werkstoffgruppe, die in ihren Eigenschaften zwischen Werkzeugstählen und Hartmetallen liegt und vor allem gegen Verschleiß durch körnige mineralische Stoffe eingesetzt wird. Es spannt einen Bogen von den Grundlagen des Gefüges und den daraus...

Casting is one of the most important processes in materials technology. In this unique book, each step in the casting and solidification process is described and models are set up, which in many cases can be approximated by simplified analytical expressions. All casting methods are featured, including component casting, ingot casting and continuous casting. Applications of the results are given in numerous worked examples within the text. Conclusions on how to avoid cracks, solidification pores...

This book explores the principles of supply-side structural reform and current practices in the Chinese steel industry. Focusing on the general requirements for high-quality development, it reviews the evolution of the global and Chinese steel industries with regard to reduction, innovation, and transformation. It also summarizes industrial development law from a transfer route perspective, analyzes major challenges and opportunities for the steel industry in the new era, and proposes strategi...

Seit der Veroffentlichung der ersten Auflage der "Drahtseile" sind eine Reihe von Forschungsarbeiten durchgefuhrt worden, die das Wissen uber dieses Thema erheblich erweitert haben. Das Einfugen dieser neuen Erkenntnisse zusammen mit weiteren Verbesserungen hat zu einer deutlichen Uberarbeitung des Buches gefuhrt. Die Darstellung der Methoden zur Berechnung wichtiger Seilgrossen und ihre Erlauterung durch Rechenbeispiele sind ein besonderes Anliegen dieses Buches. Demgemass wurden die Zahl der R...

This book addresses the electrical, optical, magnetic and thermal properties of materials. Intended for engineers, particularly materials and electrical engineers, it stresses concepts rather than mathematical formalism. The presentation of the fundamentals underlying semiconductor devices, magnetic materials, lasers, alloys, and so forth, is clear and direct rather than encyclopaedic. The material covered is restricted to essential topics that can be presented in a 15-week, one-semester course....

During the past two decades, revolutionary breakthroughs have occurred in the understanding of ferroelectric materials, both from the perspective of theory and experiment. First principles approaches, including the Berry phase formulation of ferroelectricity, now allow accurate, quantitative predictions of material properties, and single crystalline thin films are now available for fundamental studies of these materials. In addition, the need for high dielectric constant insulators and nonvolati...