Engineering Properties and Applications of Lead Alloys

by Sivaraman Guruswamy

Overview

Focusing on the uses of lead in pure or alloy form for engineering applications, this text presents data on the physical, mechanical, corrosive, accoustic, damping and nuclear properties of lead and lead alloys. It organizes information according to alloy type in tables, graphs and text, and examines the processing of commercially available lead pr

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040191668
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/09/1999
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	648
File size:	51 MB
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Table of Contents

Properties of lead and its alloys; processing of lead product; application of lead; lead in the environment.

Editorial Reviews

From the Foreword... This monograph presents the first new compilation on lead technology in a half-century.... ILZRO [The International Lead Zinc Research Organization] is pleased to have sponsored the work of Prof. Guruswamy and trusts that his efforts will assure that modern technical knowledge of the properties of this ancient metal will be readily available to technologists in the new century nearly upon us.

Jerome F. Cole

The introductory chapter provides information on worldwide sources of lead and production of refined lead from Pb ores. Guruswamy (metallurgical Engineering, University of Utah) then covers the physical, mechanical, corrosion, acoustic, damping, and nuclear properties of lead and lead alloys; the processing of commercially available lead product forms; new developments in continuous casting of strips for battery grids, continuous casting of rods, friction-stir welding, and water-jet machining of lead products; modern and historic applications in which lead and its alloys have been used; and health and safety issues, including the recommended guidelines for the safe and appropriate handling of lead products. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"From the Foreword. . . This monograph presents the first new compilation on lead technology in a half-century. . .. ILZRO [The International Lead Zinc Research Organization] is pleased to have sponsored the work of Prof. Guruswamy and trusts that his efforts will assure that modern technical knowledge of the properties of this ancient metal will be readily available to technologists in the new century nearly upon us. "
—-Jerome F. Cole President, International Lead Zinc Research Organization, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

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