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Metals and Alloys 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. Sources 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. Discusses sources, key processes and applications. Connects what students learn in class to real, large-scale metals chemistry that makes modern life possible. Intended for students, graduate students and beginners in the fiield of Chemistry, Chemical Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. Visit degruyter.com for more information on books by Mark A. Benvenuto: Industrial Chemistry (2013), Industrial Chemistry: For Advanced Students (2015) and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry (2015). About the Author: Mark Anthony Benvenuto A 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.

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Author:   Mark Anthony Benvenuto
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter
Edition:   Digital original
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.234kg
ISBN:  

9783110407846

ISBN 10:   3110407841
Pages:   165
Publication Date:   06 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction and Overview 1.1 Historic, ancient 1.2 Large-scale use 1.3 18th-19th century discovery 1.4 Modern, niche uses   2 Copper   2.1 Bronze 2.2 Brass   3 Tin  3.1 Solder 3.2 Plating 3.3 Niobium-tin   4 Zinc    4.1 Nickel-silver 4.2 Solders 4.3 Galvanizing 4.4 Paint pigments  5 Pewter   5.1 History and traditional uses 5.2 Modern applications  6 Gold   6.1 18, 14, 12, 10 carat 6.2 White gold 6.3 Investment coins 6.4 Electronics   7 Silver   7.1 Jewelry 7.2 Bullion coinage 7.3 Photography   8 Iron   8.1 Pig iron 8.2 Steel 8.3 Stainless steel 8.4 High strength alloys 8.5 Wootz steel 8.6 Damascus steel  9 Platinum group metals  9.1 Ru 9.2 Os 9.3 Rh 9.4 Ir 9.5 Pd 9.6 Pt  10 Nickel   10.1 Steels 10.2 Super-alloys 10.3 Plating   11 Aluminum    11.1 Hall-Heroult Process 11.2 Aluminum metal uses 11.3 Alloys  12 Titanium    12.1 Titanium refining 12.2 Pigment uses 12.3 Alloys  13 Magnesium   13.1 Magnesium refining 13.2 Mg-Al alloys 13.3 Castings and other products  14 Uranium and thorium  14.1 U and Th refining 14.2 Uses  15 Americium  15.1 Smoke detectors   16 Mercury   16.1 Chlor-alkali process 16.2 Barometers 16.3 Thermometers   17 Lanthanides   17.1 Magnets 17.2 Sensors   18 Lead   18.1 Batteries 18.2 Ammunition, hunting, military 18.3 Alloys  19 Tungsten  19.1 Metal refining 19.2 Carbide parts 19.3 Heavy alloys  20 Tantalum and niobium   21 Sodium   21.1 Reactor moderator 21.2 NaK alloys  22 Lithium   22.1 Lightweight alloys 22.2 Batteries   23 Solders   23.1 Traditional solder 23.2 Low melting alloys  24 Semi-conductors   24.1 Metals required 24.2 Metalloids 24.3 Doping     Index 

Reviews

"""[...] 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."" Dominique Daloz in: Journal of Applied Crystallography 2018 (51)"

[...] 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. Dominique Daloz in: Journal of Applied Crystallography 2018 (51)

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Mark Anthony Benvenuto, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, USA

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