Metallographic polishing by mechanical methods / Leonard E. Samuels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samuels, Leonard Ernest, 1922-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grinding and polishing.

Metallographic specimens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Materials Park, OH : ASM International, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This reference is concerned with mechanical methods of surface preparation. Chapters cover sectioning and mounting, principles and practices of machining with abrasives, nonabrasive preparation processes, polishing with abrasives, brittle materials, principles of the design of manual preparation sys

Contents:

""Contents""; ""About the Author""; ""Preface to the Fourth Edition""; ""Preface to the Third Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""CHAPTER 1 Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 2 Sectioning and Mounting""; ""CHAPTER 3 Machining with Abrasives: Principles""; ""CHAPTER 4 Machining with Abrasives: Practice""; ""CHAPTER 5 Machining with Abrasives: Surface Damage""; ""CHAPTER 6 Nonabrasive Preparation Processes""; ""CHAPTER 7 Polishing with Abrasives: Principles""; ""CHAPTER 8 Polishing with Abrasives: Surface Damage""; ""CHAPTER 9 Brittle Materials: Principles""

""CHAPTER 10 Principles of the Design of Manual Preparation Systems""""CHAPTER 11 Modifications Required to Manual Preparation Systems""; ""CHAPTER 12 Principles of the Design of Semiautomatic Preparation Systems""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-68015-959-3

1-61503-257-6

OCLC:

608492439