~Literature RECENT TITLES .90 Materials for Tribology. By W.A. Glaeser. ISBN 0-444-88945-5. 1992. Hard­cover. 260 pages. List: $114.50.

Elsevier Science Publishers

.91 Mechanics of Composite Materials. By J. Aboudi. ISBN 0-444-88452-1. Hard­cover. 328 pages. List: $125.50.

Elsevier Science Publishers

.92 A History of Metallurgy. Second edi­tion. By R.F. Tylecote. ISBN 0-901462-88-8. Softcover. 224 pages. List: $73.50.

Institute of Metals

.93 The Comprehensive Dictionary of In­strumentation and Control. Edited by Wil­liam H. Cubberly.ISBN 1-55617-320-2. Hard­cover. 506 pages. List: $69.85.

Instrument Society of America

.94 Electric Furnace Conference Pro­ceedings. Volume 49. ISBN 0-932897-69-X. Hardcover. 436 pages. List: $80.

Iron and Steel SOciety

.95 Horizons of Science Series. Eight volumes. Earthquake Prediction. By Haroun Tazieff. ISBN 0-07-062992-7. Softcover. 134 pages. The Future of the Sun. By Jean­Claude Pecker. ISBN 0-07-049182-8. 1992. Softcover. 106 pages. The Gene Civiliza­tion. By Francois Gros. ISBN 0-07-024963-6. 1992. Softcover. 136 pages. How the Brain Evolved. By Alain Prochiantz. ISBN 0-07-050929-8. 1992. Softcover. 118 pages. Life in the Universe. By Jean Heidmann. ISBN 0-07-027887-3. 1992. Softcover. 113 pages. Our Changing Climate. By Robert Kandel. ISBN 0-07-033710-1. 1992. Softcover. 126 pages. Our Expanding Universe. By Evry Schatzman. ISBN 0-07-055174-X. 1992. Softcover. 100 pages. The Power of Math­ematics. By Moshe Flato.ISBN 0-07-021258-9. 1992. Softcover. 96 pages. List: $9.95 each.

McGraw-Hili

.96 Handbook on the Estimation of Metal­lurgical Process Costs. Edited By W.T. Ruhmer. 1991. Softcover. 175 pages. List: $160.

Mintek

.97 Directory of U.S. Government Com­puter Software for Mainframes and Micro­computers 1992. 1992. Softcover. 300 pages. $59.

National Technical Information Service

.98 Rare Earth Magnetism. By Jens Jensen and Allan R. Mackintosh. ISBN 0-19-852027-1. Hardcover. 403 pages. List: $75.

Oxford University Press

.99 The Chemistry of Gold Extraction. By John Marsden and lain House. ISBN 0-13-131517-X. 1992. Hardcover. 597 pages. List: $79.95.

Prentice Hall

.100 Materials Beneficiation. By C.B. Gill. ISBN 0-387-97336-2. 1991 ~ Hardcover. 245 pages. List: $59.50.

Springer-Verlag

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SOFTWARE REVIEW PC-laminate. Distributed by T echnomic Publishing Company.

Version 1.0. 1989. FoIIBMs ar<l compatibles. Requ"es MS 005 2.0. 384 kb RAM. List: $395.

Autho(sNole: The assl~ ol R. Bnggso1Sundstrand CorpoIalioo in reviewing lI1is program is grateMy ad<t1owledged.

.109 PC-Laminate is a program that facilitates the analysis of flat laminated plates containing plies with known material properties. The program is not de­signed for analysis of complex geometries or for determining the properties of a single ply consisting of a reinforcement material in a matrix. The manual for the program indicates that a "Micro-Mechanics Tool Box,' to be made available in the future, will allow the user to input constituent material proper­ties in order to determine ply material properties. The program currently contains the required property data for 20 potential ply materials in a well-designed and easy-to-use card catalog format. The program's input editor can be used to modify the properties of ply materials in the current card catalog or to add

, data for additional ply materials. The program was evaluated on a personal com-

BOOK REVIEWS American Steel. By Richard Preston.

ISBN 0-13-029604-X. Prentice Hall. 1991. Hardcover. 278 pages. List: $19.95.

.115 A book about business, American Steel captures the hopes and dreams of a few daring Nucor Corporation executives and a collection of "hot metal" workers as they de­sign and open a new steel mill that employs the German-produced compact strip produc­tion machine, the CSP. Chronicling a two­year time frame, Preston, in his descriptive rendering, unfolds the transformation of corn­fields into a profit-making steel mill and intro­duces the people behind the idea-dynamic, unafraid, determined. They have a mission­to revitalize the United States' steel industry and restore lost jobs.

Since I ndiana is the center of the Rust Belt and possesses a huge excess of scrap, Nucor selected the cornfields of Crawfordsville, In­diana, as the site for its design-as-you-go project. Nucor felt that the CSP would enable them to make one million short tons of steel per year from scrap, thus transforming the United States' wreckage into a new ribbon of steel and resurrecting the Rust Belt. Nucor also intended to do for the steel mill what Apple did for the computer--cram a steel mill into a compact production facility, or desktop steelmaking.

Three buildings would constitute the Crawfordsville Project. The 360-meter long compact strip production facility would be contained in two buildings. A third building would house a COld-roiling mill to handle the metal from the CSP, elongating the hot band steel, making it nearly as thin as paper, and putting a shine on it.

Ken Iverson, Nucor's chair, built steel mills and factories in small rural towns among farm people who were comfortable with machinery

puter clone with 640 kb of RAM and version 3.2 of MS DOS. PC· Laminate is very compact, requiring only 384 kb of RAM and a 360 kb drive for successful operation. Installation instructions are very straightforward. The program does not generate serious graphics, does not require a graphics adapter, and should, therefore, op­erate with almost any system configuration. The program does not directly support a mouse, but the manual indicates that a driver can be easily written to assist cursor motion, "enter,' and 'escape" functions. The manual also indicates that further instructions for mouse drivers might be included in the README. DOC file, but they were not present in the version evaluated. Re­gardless, the program is simple enough that mouse assistance hardly seems necessary.

The user interface in the program is exceptionally friendly; working through the program to design a laminate is easy, and a user who is familiar with the analysis of laminated materials will not need to spend much time studying the manual. For the somewhat uninitiated, the manual contains a good tutorial on laminate theory. To design a laminate, the first program screen prompts the user to input the number of plies that are planned. If the input is an even number, the user is

and uncomfortable with labor unions. He knew that to make a thin sheet of steel with one machine was the single biggest unsolved problem in steel manufacturing and any com­pany that could solve the problem would become a global leader in the industry.

By way of background, Iverson is a me­chanical engineer, metallurgist, and self-de­scribed "hot metal man." As captured by Preston, he also shows himself to be some­one not unacquainted with metaphor. For example, Iverson is quoted assaying "steel in its natural state is a river, continually changing its shape and yet always the same ... the river which shines like the sun and is as un­predictable as a cat." Preston is equally col­orful in his description of the smell of a mill heat-"A musky biting odor, like the tang of a dead skunk on a summer night-the un­mistakable odor of a heat of steel, a mixture of vaporized iron, carbon smoke, slag, and cooking firebrick, a profound blend of odors once smelled never forgotten, an addictive gas that gets in the blood of a hot metal man."

Reading like an adventure novel, the book gives the reader a close association with people who have reshaped the future of the American steel industry. Preston does not just center on the goal of taking excess scrap and making steel at competitive prices; he delightfully portrays his subjects, and involves the reader in business meetings as well as an escape from exploding hot metal. The reader gains an appreciation for what makes hot­metal workers tick and an understanding of their fascination with steel.

Written about steel workers, managers, and executives, the pages read as a tribute to the steel industry and the people who make it work.

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asked to specify the symmetry. The materialfor each ply is then specified by the user. The program contains a failure analysis option that will indicate ply failure mode (i.e., transverse,longitudinal, shear). The ply materials and orientations are next defined in the "Laminate Editor" screen. The laminate properties are then com­puted and displayed by the program. The remainder of the program allows the user to evaluate thermal and mechanical effects on the laminate as well as to de­termine reserve factors using the Tsai-Wu criterion. A complete printout-including the laminate description, calculated laminate properties, and failure criteria calculations-can be obtained. Saving of new materials data to the disk catalog is an option, but laminate definitions cannot be saved.

Real-world applications for PC-Laminate would ei­ther be limited to flat geometric designs or the program could be useful for rapid design optimization of relatively flat regions of a more complex geometry under antici­pated worst-case thermal and mechanical conditions. Once optimized for such worst-case conditions, the complex real-world geometry could be analyzed in greater detail using one of the more powerful and more expensive finite element analysis (FEA) programs. This

International Conference on New Smelt­ing Reduction and Near Net Shape Casting Technologies for Steel. Preprints 1: New Smelting Reduction.

Korean Institute of Metals and the Institute of Materials, 1990. 426 pages.

.113 As the development effort for the com­ing evolution of primary steelmaking processes to direct smelting technology gathers steam, there is value in periodically taking a "snapshot" of the current status of such efforts and as­sessing where things stand. This book, the first of two volumes of proceedings from a 1990 conference in South Korea, presents such a snapshot.

Conference proceedings focused on direct steelmaking have been previously published, most notably from the Seventh Iron and Steel Society Process Technology Conference (Toronto, Canada, 1988), and the U.S.-Ger­man Innovative Iron and Steel Making Pro­cesses gathering of 1989. R.J. Fruehan's opening review in this volume nicely sum­marizes the previous work and provides a useful introduction to direct steelmaking technology. It also serves the purpose of making sure that all of the approaches under development are introduced, since some (e.g., the American Iron and Steel Institute's direct steelmaking program) are otherwise un­mentioned in these proceedings. More intro­ductory-level material is scattered throughout other presentations, making this volume useful to the "interested onlooker" as well as the expert; Kepplinger's discussion of the Corex process is particularly noteworthy. One ad­vantage of this meeting's location in South Korea is that it drew a large number of papers on Japanese developmental efforts, including five of the seven presentations on pilot-plant

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pre-FEA analytical work using PC-Laminate could save money where the FEA program is running on a mainframe computer, especially where mainframe processor time is much more expensive than equivalent personal computer time.

William C. Connors Sundstrand Corporation

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operations. A large portion of the volume is devoted to

current research efforts, both on the lab­oratory and pilot-plant scales. Fluid-bed prereduction of ores is an important facet of many direct smelting methods, and an entire session was devoted to research on this step. In-bath smelting and post-combustion are also represented, although to a lesser extent. In taking snapshots of the sort presented in this volume, it is important to include a larger picture comparing direct steelmaking with traditional processes, particularly with respect to economic and environmental consider­ations. In this regard, papers by Edstrom et al. and Agarwal are especially valuable additions.

While most of the papers deal with direct steelmaking, sessions were also held on the use of plasma technology for dust treatment and advances in ferroalloys production; ma­terial on these topics is more readily available elsewhere, but their inclusion is not without value. Since direct steelmaking technologies (e.g., Corex) have been proven useful in the manufacture of ferroalloys, it is likely that these topiCS will continue to be intermixed in future conferences.

One decision of particular value for this volume is the use of full-size (A4) pages for the text rather than the smaller pages often favored for conference proceedings. The reason is the use of camer\l-ready text, which can sometimes be rendered unreadable when subjected to reduction for publication. Also, most of the figures are well reproduced.

All but one of the 36 presentations in this portion of the conference are published (an unusually high percentage); all are in English, and most are quite readable. However, the circulation of this book in areas outside of those served by the sponsoring societies may

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HELPFUL LITERATURE

.80 Welding and Electronics: A 49-page, indexed catalog describes more than 400 books, journals, videos, and visual aids on welding, electronics, and engineering. In­cluded are titles from major technical pub­lishers, professional societies, and institutes.

Abington Publishing

.81 Aluminum Plants: Approximately 400 producers of aluminum ingot, master alloys, and basic mill products are listed in the 36-page U. S. Aluminum Industry Plant Directory. Also included is a distribution chart of alumi­num plants by state and U.S. census region.

The Aluminum Association

.82 Enrollment Survey: A bound version or floppy disk of Engineering and Technology Enrollments, Fall 1991, covers enrollment statistics for 336 U.S. engineering institutions and 302 U.S. technology institutions.

American Association of Engineering Societies

.83 High-Temperature Alloys: A 16-page booklet addresses the effect of temperature on aqueous corrosion and oxidation. Alloy steels, heat-resistant alloys, and coatings are covered. CompOSition and material costs, as well as suggested maximum service tem­peratures for isothermal oxidation in clear air or oxygen, are summarized. Coverage of corrosion problems includes oxidation and catastrophic oxidation.

Nickel Development Institute

.84 Remote Visual Inspection: A 12-page manual explains the stroboscopic motion analysis used during remote visual inspection with fiberscopes, borescopes, and video­imagescopes. Various functions are described and illustrated by drawings and photographs.

Olympus Corporation

.85 Waste Minimization: A new manual and program is deSigned to assist plastics pro­cessors implement waste minimization prac­tices. The manual offers guidelines on the critical elements of a successful waste mini­mization program, including management commitment, assessment, and technical and economic analysis. Included are sample forms and case histories of successful practices.

Society of the Plastics Industry

.86 Standards: A 59-page catalog lists published data compilations and current da­tabases on such areas as analytical chemis­try, atomic physics, biotechnology, chemical kinetics, materials properties, molecular structure and spectroscopy, thermodynamics and thermochemistry, and thermophysical properties of fluids.

U.S. Department of Commerce

.87 Corrosion Glossary: A 148-page ref­erence booklet defines more than 1,500 specialized terms dealing with corrosion and corrosion protection. Also included are se­lected expressions from various engineering disciplines as well as synonyms, acronyms, and abbreviations.

M.S. Vukasovich

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BOOK REVIEWS (Continued from the previous page.) be somewhat difficult, as little information on price or availability has been circulated. Fur­ther, the normal beginning (Le., copyright) and end (Le., index) pages of proceedings have been omitted; both would have been useful. Nevertheless, this book's importance in detailing the development of whatmay well be a leading steelmaking technology in the next century makes it more than worth the trouble of acquisition.

Mark E. Schlesinger University of Missouri at Rolla

Lead-Zinc '90. Edited by T.S. Mackey and R.D. Prengaman.

ISBN 0·87339· 111 ·X. TMS. 1990. Hardcover. 1.086 pages. List $105.

• 117 In 1970, the first international sym­posium covering the metallurgy of lead, zinc, tin, and related metals was organized. This symposium has been held every ten years since; this book contains the proceedings of the third international symposium, which was held in Anaheim, California, during the 1990 TMS Annual Meeting.

The book is a comprehensive, state-of-the­art collection of papers addressing all of the critical issues in this important industry. The symposium organizers made every effort to include worldwide technological developments and advances, with an emphasis on research from the United States, Europe, Australia, and Japan. The volume is divided into 11 chapters, the first of which is a collection of keynote papers. Here, contributions by K. Moriya on the status and future of lead smelting and T.A.A. Davey on the future of nonferrous processing into the 21 st century are especially noteworthy and should be of particular in­terest to students for a number of years.

Perhaps one of the most significant as­pects in the processing of lead, zinc, and associated metals is the greatly increased emphasis on environmental issues. The im­pact of these changes is detailed in a number of papers (which include flow sheets) dealing with plant practices. For example, the updating of the familiar electrothermic smelting process for zinc to continue to meet ever-changing environmental regulations of air, water, and solid emissions is described. A significant issue in this regard is the disposal of zinc- and lead-bearing dusts from other metallurgical operations (the dusts are generally disposed of in hazardous-waste landfills). One chapter deals entirely with the processing of zinc- and lead-bearing dusts from steelmaking opera­tions. In this regard, recycling is a closely related issue, and the latest information con­cerning the secondary recovery of lead from lead-acid batteries is the topic of another chapter.

The latest developments regarding the re­covery of precious metals in the zinc industry are also described, as are interesting new twists in the recovery and treatment of other trace metals, including germanium, gallium, and indium. The topics of hydrometallurgical processing (e.g., zinc pressure leaching), pyrometallurgical processing (e.g., electric-

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furnace smelting) , and mineral processing are also well covered.

The volume also exhibits a comfortable mix of papers, including some with a fundamental, academic perspective, and some with a practical, industrially oriented approach. In addition, the book contains a fairly complete subject and author index, adding to its archi­val quality.

Lead-Zinc '90 belongs on the bookshelf of anyone whose interests include nonferrous extractive metallurgy or the related issues of recycling and environmental concerns.

Garry W. Warren University of Alabama

Thermodynamics of Chemical Systems. By Scott E. Wood and Rubin Battino.

ISBN 0521·330·416. Cambridge University Press. 1990 . Hardcover. 437 pages. List $120.

.111 Thermodynamics of Chemical Systems is a text that is developed along classical lines. Indeed, I found the volume to be remi­niscent of Denbigh's Principles of Chemical Equilibrium in its clarity.

The book is divided into 15 chapters and contains four appendices. The text begins by reviewing definitions, the International Union of Pure Applied Chemistry symbolisms, and International System of Units. The concepts of temperature, heat, work, and energy are introduced next, leading to the first law of thermodynamics and a discussion of enthalpy. The addition of a small section on the repre­sentation of state changes is a nice touch.

In the next chapter, the second law of thermodynamics and the entropy function are discussed. The Gibbs and Helmholtz energy functions are introduced in chapter four. Maxwell's relations are developed and fol ­lowed by derivations of other relations. The concepts of equilibrium and stability are dealt with in chapter five. The Gibbs-Duhem equation is introduced and followed by an application of Euler's theorem to other func­tions, Gibb's phase rule and the concept of indifferent states, and the Gibbs-Konavalow theorems. Conditions of stability are pre­sented.

The section on critical phenomena is well written, and the section on the graphical representation of thermodynamic concepts is interesting. Partial molar quantities are intro­duced in chapter six . Real and ideal gases, the Joule-Thomson effect, and fugacities are dealt with in chapter seven. Reference and standard states (liquids and solids), ideal solutions, real solutions, and strong and weak electrolytes are treated in chapter eight. Chapters nine and ten describe thermo­chemistry and phase equilibria. Although most of the review is limited to one- and two­component systems, there is a brief and lucid section on three-component systems.

The examination of chemical equilibria in chapter 11 is mostly confined to the ionization of weak electrolytes and complex formation. Metallurgists, ceramists, and materials scien­tists will find this chapter only of limited interest since there is no discussion pertaining to metals, oxides, etc. Chapter 14, concentrat-

ing on electrochemical equilibria, is restricted to aqueous electrochemistry but will serve as a nice introduction to advanced courses. Chapter 13, which covers the surface phe­nomena related to both planar and curved surfaces, will provide the budding materials engineer with the tools necessary to under­stand physical and chemical phenomena such as wetting, phase transformations, and so on. Chapter 14 covers equilibrium conditions in gravitational , centrifugal, magnetic, and elec­trostatic fields-areas not usually studied in any depth in thermodynamics courses for metallurgical majors. Chapte~ 15 contains a short discussion of the third law.

The appendices cover units, molar heat capacities for certain substances, enthalpies, Gibbs energies of formation, and standard reduction potentials in aqueous solutions.

This is a well-written book with the subject matter flowing smoothly from one chapter to the next. However, the absence of problems and exercises is a major drawback, and I strongly encourage the authors to publish a book of problems to supplement the text. This would enhance the book's value to students and would permit instructors to use it as a classroom text. As it is, certain chapters can be used to supplement Gaskell's Introduction to Metallurgical Thermodynamics at the un­dergraduate level and Lupis's Chemical Thermodynamics of Materials at the gradu­ate level. Researchers will find the book a valuable refresher and reference.

Vilupanur A. Ravi Lanxide Corporation

Information Sources in Metallic Materials. Edited by M.N. Patten.

ISBNO·408·01491·1. K.G. Saur. 1990. Hardcover. 415 pages. List: $74.

.116 This is the 13th book in the Guides to Information Sources series (formerly But­terworths Guides to Information Sources) . The book covers information sources for metals and related materials (Le., those which have a role in metals processing or which may be combined with metals to form new materials). The chapters cover general sources in met­allurgy; extractive metallurgy; iron and steel; stainless steel; aluminum; copper and copper alloys; lead; tin and tinplate; zinc; other metals and related materials; powder metallurgy; ce­ramics; corrosion ; design; welding, brazing, and soldering ; aerospace materials; metals in construction ; and packaging materials.

Each chapter is written by a different in­formation specialist and contains information on field-specific abstracting services, hand­books, journals, conference proceedings, basic texts, standards, and associations. However, the format is not uniform from chapter to chapter, making it difficult to find information quickly. Some chapters give de­tailed bibliographies ; others only provide brief listings of books.

The book has a heavy commercial orien­tation and, perhaps, is strongest in providing information on databases and commercial sources of information. However, literature more recent than 1986 is not cited, and the

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content is heavily oriented toward technical literature from the United Kingdom.

Information Sources in Metallic Materials would be a useful addition to a corporate or university library chiefly because there are so few books of the type available. Some of the information that I noted as being potentially useful includes the world listing of online patent databases, the addresses of principal British libraries, and the extensive listing of the abbreviations and addresses forthe world's metals-oriented technical societies and trade associations. Unfortunately, the latter is not completely up to date since neither TMS nor ASM International is listed by its current organizational title.

George E. Dieter University of Maryland

Handbook of Crystallography: For Electron Microscopists and Others. By A.G. Jack­son.

ISBN 0·387·97399·0. Springer·Verlag. 1991 . Hardcover. 210 pages. List: $49.50

.114 Researchers working in the area of materials analysis using techniques such as analytical electron microscopy often need quantitative information to conduct an analy­sis. Most of these researchers are electron microscopists and not crystallographers. This situation poses a great deal of difficulty in locating specific forms of equations under­standable to a noncrystallographer, defini­tions of concepts related to crystallography, understandable interpretations of space group symbols, and their Significance. This hand­book provides a most valuable collection of definitions and equations useful for rapid cal­culations toward proving or extending calcu­lations during analysis-unlike such refer­ences as Barrett and Massalski's Structure of Metals and Cullity's Elements of X-ray Dif­fraction, which address the crystallographic aspects of physical metallurgy as well as the theory and methods of diffraction of x-rays.

With electron microscopy analysis in which crystallographic information plays a funda­mental role in interpreting the data and images generated, an electron microscopist frequently gets lost in either finding the right information or interpreting the crystallography principles without getting into details. This volume pre­sents the information related to crystallogra­phy in a form that is suitable for microscopists and others who are not crystallographers but who nonetheless need details about crystal structures to interpret images and diffraction.

This volume comprises 13 chapters that touch on various topics, including definitions

and mathematics useful in understanding structures, common crystal systems, packing and stacking, transformation of crystal sys­tem axes, slip systems, typical projections found in transmission electron microscopy, structure symbols, convergent-beam electron diffraction, icosahedral structures, and dislo­cations. The book successfully attempts to explain the equations and symbols therein and the principles behind these equations through brief description and very clear illus­tration. The list of references at the end of the book leads the reader to sources for extend­ing his or her understanding of the fundamental principles underlying crystallography and structures. Researchers, engineers, and stu­dents who either are already working in or contemplating entering the field of analytical microscopy will find this volume very useful.

Narendra B. Dahotre University of Tennessee Space Institute

Handbook of Structural Ceramics. Edited by Mel M. Schwartz

ISBN 0-07·055719·5. McGraw-Hili. 1992. Hardcover. 967 pages. Lis1:$62.50.

.119 Ceramics are ancient materials that have been widely used lor various applica­tions, such as pottery, lurnace linings, and building bricks. In the last two decades, how­ever, the use of ceramics has diversified into micro- and macro-applications, including electronic and structural uses. These latter applications focus attention on the science and technology underlying the synthesis and processing of ceramic materials. The treat­ment of the subject involves interdisciplinary action; hence, it is a subject of research for chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers. The literature produced through these multidisciplinary activities is increas­ingly available in several forms; at present, however, not only the beginner but the expert finds it difficult to develop an overall picture of the subject because of the absence of a comprehensive reference book. The Hand­book of Structural Ceramics attempts to fill this need.

The speculation period for structured ce­ramics is over, and they are being increasingly used in structural applications (e.g., cutting tools, heat exchangers, and automotive engine components) . These applications are based on a ceramics's combination of high strength with wear, corrosion, and creep resistance at elevated temperatures and in hostile chemi­cal environments. Reflective olthe importance of these individual properties and their spe­cific impact on certain applications, the vol-

ume is divided into nine chapters. Chapter topics include an introduction to ceramic ma­terials; the mechanical properties of ceramics; commercial structural ceramics; powder form­ing, processing and densification; greenware fabrication; high-temperature processing and consolidation; fabrication and manufacturing methods; applications for ceramic materials and processes; and the future of ceramics.

The book was written with the aim 01 assembling scientific and commercial litera­ture to provide processing techniques and procedures, classes of ceramics, current me­chanical property data for design purposes, materials and their methods of manufacture, and fabrication and assembly techniques. The editor touches very briefly upon different ceramic materials, synthesis methods, fabri­cation techniques, and applications, but the text dwells mostly on commercial aspects of ceramics rather than science and physics.

The content of the volume attempts to answer most questions for newcomers and inexperienced users of ceramics as well as for the designer, ceramist, and materials and process engineers who can subsequently uti­lize ceramics. The book creates a fascination as well as deep interest in ceramics. It lacks the science and phYSics of ceramics and will not be useful in understanding the phYSical fundamentals behind ceramic synthesis and processing. However, one can refer to Intro­duction to Ceramics by Kingery, Bowen, and Uhlman for this purpose; using this text in combination with the present volume, a complete basic knowledge about ceramics can be acquired.

The book is huge, comprising 01967 pages of text, yet reading is enjoyable, which is partly due to the fact that the author walks the reader through the latest developments in ceramics technology. In the past decade, this field has been overwhelmed by a large volume of literature, and the author presents this information concisely. The subject matter is supplemented with numerous tables, graphs, and illustrations from the published literature. Every chapter includes several references, making it easy for one to learn more about any particular aspect of the subject. The book is addressed to a wide group of readers, ranging from students to researchers in the general area of ceramics technology. Overall, the book is an extremely valuable and compre­hensive source on the subject of ceramic materials.

Narendra B. Dahotre University of Tennessee Space Institute

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