Handbook of Aluminum: Volume 2
Subtitle: Alloy Production and Materials Manufacturing
Contributors: George E. Totten (Editor); D. Scott MacKenzie (Editor)
Publisher: CRC
Published: April 25, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 736
ISBN-13: 9780824708962
Subjects: Materials science; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Technology; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; Material Science; Engineering - General; General; Technology / Material Science; Aluminum alloys; Aluminum
First sentence: Since Humphry Davy announced in 1808 his belief that the plentiful compound alumina was the earth (oxide) of an undiscovered metal, scientists had been making efforts to obtain this new metal.