Asm Specialty Handbook: Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys (Asm Specialty Handbook)

This book is a comprehensive guide to the compositions, properties, processing, performance, and applications of nickel, cobalt, and their alloys. It includes all of the essential information contained in the multi-volume ASM Handbook series, as well as new or updated coverage in the following Expanded corrosion coverage including guidelines for selecting the best alloy for specific environments or applications Data sheets covering the compositions, specifications, applications, and properties for dozens of the most commercially important heat-, corrosion-, and wear-resistant nickel and cobalt alloys Recent advances in superalloy development, including coatings to extend high-temperature service life Unique characteristics of nickel and cobalt which allow them to be used in special-purpose applications, e.g., magnets, controlled-expansion devices, electronics, and implants for the human body Engineering applications for nickel and cobalt coatings produced by electroplating, electroforming, electroless coating, thermal spraying, and weld surfacing ASM International 2000 442 978-0-87170-685-0 ASM Specialty Handbook: Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys (#06178G)......Page 1 The Nickel Industry: Occurrence, Recovery, and Consumption......Page 7 Uses of Nickel......Page 11 Wrought Corrosion Resistant Nickel and Nickel Alloys......Page 18 Cast Corrosion-Resistant Nickel Alloys......Page 59 Cast Heat Resistant Nickel-Chromium, Nickel-Iron-Chromium, and Nickel-Chromium-Iron Alloys......Page 66 Superalloys......Page 72 Special-Purpose Nickel Alloys......Page 96 Nickel Coatings......Page 110 Corrosion Behavior of Nickel Alloys in Specific Environments......Page 128 Stress-Corrosion Cracking and Hydrogen Embrittlement of Nickel Alloys......Page 142 High-Temperature Corrosion Behavior of Nickel Alloys......Page 168 Forming of Nickel Alloys......Page 190 Forging of Nickel Alloys......Page 197 Powder Metallurgy Processing of Nickel Alloys......Page 202 Heat Treating of Nickel Alloys......Page 229 Machining of Nickel Alloys*......Page 234 Welding and Brazing of Nickel Alloys......Page 244 Cleaning and Finishing of Nickel Alloys......Page 272 High-Temperature Coatings for Superalloys......Page 280 Metallography and Microstructures of Nickel, Nickel-Copper, and Nickel-Iron Alloys......Page 290 Metallography and Microstructures of Heat Resistant Alloys......Page 295 Phase Diagrams of Binary and Ternary Nickel Systems ......Page 328 The Cobalt Industry: Occurrence, Recovery, and Consumption......Page 339 Uses of Cobalt......Page 343 Phase Diagrams of Binary and Ternary Cobalt Systems......Page 350 Cobalt-Base Alloys......Page 356 Properties of Cobalt Alloys......Page 365 Wear Behavior of Cobalt Alloys......Page 379 Corrosion Behavior of Cobalt Alloys......Page 387 Fabrication and Metallography of Cobalt Alloys......Page 393 INDEX......Page 399