ASM Handbook

The 1985 edition is probably tattered with use, so it's time to step up to this new edition; and even if the old handbook still has life in its binding, the new one offers updates and new information reflecting changes in automation, equipment, consumable products, and preparation methodology, as well as new metals, alloys, and manufacturing technologies. New emphasis is placed on the underlying physical metallurgy of alloys, and new articles are included on field metallography, digital imaging, quantitative image analysis and metallography, and color metallography, among other topics. Micrographs are integrated with the text, a change from the atlas arrangement of the previous edition so that the new edition is more in accord with the electronic archive of the ASM Micrograph Center. The focus is on micrographs that will help practitioners prepare and interpret their own. Annotation :2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).