Sintered Metallic and Ceramic Materials by Gopal S. Upadhyaya - 9780471981558

Sintered Metallic and Ceramic MaterialsPreparation, Properties and Applications\nAuthor(s): Gopal S. Upadhyaya\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780471981558, 978-0471981558\nSynopsis\nSintering is one of the most important industrial techniques for optimizing the capabilities of different materials and this book deals exclusively with the state-of-the-art on the processing of sintered materials, both metallic and ceramic. Emphasis is placed on on the relationship between the composition of the material, the powder processing techniques used and the properties of the materials and the applications of end products.\n Materials covered include: ferrous (low and high alloy steels) and nonferrous (light and heavy) alloys, rare earth intermetallics, ceramics (oxide and nonoxide) and cermets. The various applications of sintered materials in the automotive, aerospace and defence, machine tool and power indu.