Publisher's Synopsis
The seventh edition of this standard reference work used by metallurgists throughout industry and academia. Provides comprehensive data on the physical, electrical, mechanical and magnetic properties of metals. This edition includes new chapters on powder metallurgy and superconductivity. All existing chapters to be updated to take into account developments since the publication of the last edition in 1983, in particular those on the physical properties of metals; magnetic materials; mechanical properties; lubricants; vapour deposited coatings and superplasticity.