Al heat treat literature suggestions

[dwillms]

Hi,

Can anyone suggest a decent print resource/reference book which describes aluminum heat treating processes from a chemical, metallugical, and physical point of view? Something from one of the societies?

Thanks

 

[TVP]

ASM International produces THE authoritative references with respect to materials engineering. I recommend you visit their website (

http://www.asminternational.org)

and check out the following references:

ASM HANDBOOK Volume 2 Properties and Selection: Nonferrous Alloys and Special-Purpose Materials

ASM HANDBOOK Volume 4 Heat Treating

ASM SPECIALTY HANDBOOK Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys

Heat Treater's Guide: Practices and Procedures for Nonferrous Alloys

Aluminum: Properties and Physical Metallurgy


The SPECIALTY HANDBOOK is a compilation of all the references to aluminum contained in the entire 20 volume ASM HANDBOOK series, so it contains more than just heat treating information-- lots of information on forming and forging, casting, fatigue and fracture, etc.


The Heat Treater's Guide is very good, but contains a lot of info on other alloys (titanium, copper, magnesium, etc.), so you should take that into consideration. I highly recommend all of the above reference books, but I realize that they are quite expensive, even for just one of the volumes.

 

[DrWho]

Aluminum Casting Technology
2nd Edition

American Foundrymen's Society, Inc

Dr. Who