{"product_id":"9783110407846","title":"Alloys and Metals (De Gruyter Textbook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetals and Alloys\u003c\/em\u003e continues the series of graduate textbooks on Industrial Chemistry by Mark A. Benvenuto. It shows the essential industrial applications, processes and chemistry background for the extraction of metals, as well as the production and applications of alloys. The book discusses how large scale and minor processes affect every-day life, challenges in prevention and removal of waste by-products and illustrates selected chemical processes for which efforts have been made to improve and \"green\" industrial production of metals and alloys. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources for metals are sorted by metal and alloy and backed by basic chemical background information and process set up. Overviews on worldwide ore distribution, refined metal and alloy production numbers are another focus of the book. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses sources, key processes and applications. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConnects what students learn in class to real, large-scale metals chemistry that makes modern life possible. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntended for students, graduate students and beginners in the fiield of Chemistry, Chemical Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVisit degruyter.com for more information on books by Mark A. Benvenuto: Industrial Chemistry (2013), \u003cem\u003eIndustrial Chemistry: For Advanced Students\u003c\/em\u003e (2015) and \u003cem\u003eIndustrial Inorganic Chemistry\u003c\/em\u003e (2015). \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMark Anthony Benvenuto \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Fellow of the American Chemical Society, he received his PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Virginia. After a post-doctoral fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University, he joined the University of Detroit Mercy, where he is now the Department Chairman and teaches an industrial chemistry course. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction and Overview\n1.1 Historic, ancient\n1.2 Large-scale use\n1.3 18th-19th century discovery\n1.4 Modern, niche uses \n2 Copper \n2.1 Bronze\n2.2 Brass \n3 Tin \n3.1 Solder\n3.2 Plating\n3.3 Niobium-tin \n4 Zinc \n4.1 Nickel-silver\n4.2 Solders\n4.3 Galvanizing\n4.4 Paint pigments \n5 Pewter \n5.1 History and traditional uses\n5.2 Modern applications \n6 Gold \n6.1 18, 14, 12, 10 carat\n6.2 White gold\n6.3 Investment coins\n6.4 Electronics \n7 Silver \n7.1 Jewelry\n7.2 Bullion coinage\n7.3 Photography \n8 Iron \n8.1 Pig iron\n8.2 Steel\n8.3 Stainless steel\n8.4 High strength alloys\n8.5 Wootz steel\n8.6 Damascus steel \n9 Platinum group metals \n9.1 Ru \n9.2 Os \n9.3 Rh \n9.4 Ir \n9.5 Pd \n9.6 Pt \n10 Nickel \n10.1 Steels \n10.2 Super-alloys\n10.3 Plating \n11 Aluminum \n11.1 Hall-Heroult Process\n11.2 Aluminum metal uses\n11.3 Alloys \n12 Titanium \n12.1 Titanium refining\n12.2 Pigment uses\n12.3 Alloys \n13 Magnesium \n13.1 Magnesium refining\n13.2 Mg-Al alloys\n13.3 Castings and other products \n14 Uranium and thorium \n14.1 U and Th refining\n14.2 Uses \n15 Americium \n15.1 Smoke detectors \n16 Mercury \n16.1 Chlor-alkali process\n16.2 Barometers\n16.3 Thermometers \n17 Lanthanides \n17.1 Magnets\n17.2 Sensors \n18 Lead \n18.1 Batteries\n18.2 Ammunition, hunting, military\n18.3 Alloys \n19 Tungsten \n19.1 Metal refining\n19.2 Carbide parts\n19.3 Heavy alloys \n20 Tantalum and niobium \n21 Sodium \n21.1 Reactor moderator\n21.2 NaK alloys \n22 Lithium \n22.1 Lightweight alloys\n22.2 Batteries \n23 Solders \n23.1 Traditional solder\n23.2 Low melting alloys \n24 Semi-conductors \n24.1 Metals required\n24.2 Metalloids\n24.3 Doping \n Index \n\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Anthony Benvenuto\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, USA \u003c\/p\u003e \"[...] graduate students in materials science as well as first year chemical students are likely to find this book worth reading. I recommend this book for people who want to have a rapid overview of metals or for teachers who want to prepare an introduction to metallurgy.\"\n\u003cem\u003eDominique Daloz in: Journal of Applied Crystallography 2018 (51)\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48793861325035,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":241.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783110407846-1.jpg?v=1781718671","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9783110407846","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}