Physical Metallurgy

David E. Laughlin, Kazuhiro Hono

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2026
• Edition: 6
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443217111
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Materials Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Physical Metallurgy, Sixth Edition preserves the excellence of the previous editions of this popular work, keeping everything up-to-date and offering definitive, in-depth chapters with superb coverage and clarity of explanations. The book provides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of both ferrous and non-ferrous materials, written by leaders in the respective field, going from fundamental and foundational understanding to a higher level of knowledge. The book expertly integrates fundamental theory with advanced materials characterization techniques. It is an excellent resource for students and early-career metallurgists, while also offering great depth and insight for more experienced readers.The chapters have been revised and expanded, with new chapters on the physical metallurgy of light alloys and titanium alloys, as well as atom probe field ion microscopy, computational metallurgy, and orientational imaging microscopy. Emphasis on sustainability is encouraged throughout, and the volumes incorporate the latest experimental research results and theoretical insights. - Provides a comprehensive resource that assists in our understanding of the relationship between the (micro) structure and physical extensive properties of metals - Exhaustively synthesizes pertinent, contemporary developments within physical metallurgy so scientists have authoritative information at their fingertips - Enables metallurgists to predict changes and create novel alloys and processes - Covers new and important areas of metallurgy including high entropy alloys, computational materials science, additively manufactured alloys, and the use of alloys in biomaterials modeling and simulation

Table of contents

• Cover
• Physical Metallurgy
• Physical Metallurgy
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors to Volume I
• Preface to the Sixth Edition
• Preface To The Fifth Edition
• Preface to the Fourth Edition
• Preface to the Third Edition
• Preface to the First and Second Editions
• About The Editors
• 1 - Crystal Structures of Metallic Elements and Compounds
• 2 - Electron Theory of Metallic Alloys
• 3 - Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams
• 4 - Metallic Glasses
• 5 - Diffusion in Metals and Alloys
• 6 - Defects in Metals
• 7 - Solidification
• 8 - Diffusional Phase Transformations in the Solid State
• 9 - Martensitic Transformation
• Backcover
• 9780443217111v2
• 9780443217111v3