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Book SynopsisMetals and Alloys continues the series of graduate textbooks on Industrial Chemistry by Mark A. Benvenuto. It shows the essential industrial applications, processes and chemistry background for the extraction of metals, as well as the production and applications of alloys. The book discusses how large scale and minor processes affect every-day life, challenges in prevention and removal of waste by-products and illustrates selected chemical processes for which efforts have been made to improve and “green” industrial production of metals and alloys. Sources for metals are sorted by metal and alloy and backed by basic chemical background information and process set up. Overviews on worldwide ore distribution, refined metal and alloy production numbers are another focus of the book. Discusses sources, key processes and applications. Connects what students learn in class to real, large-scale metals chemistry that makes modern life possible. Intended for students, graduate students and beginners in the fiield of Chemistry, Chemical Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science. Visit degruyter.com for more information on books by Mark A. Benvenuto: Industrial Chemistry (2013), Industrial Chemistry: For Advanced Students (2015) and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry (2015). About the Author: Mark Anthony Benvenuto A Fellow of the American Chemical Society, he received his PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Virginia. After a post-doctoral fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University, he joined the University of Detroit Mercy, where he is now the Department Chairman and teaches an industrial chemistry course.
Table of Contents1 Introduction and Overview 1.1 Historic, ancient 1.2 Large-scale use 1.3 18th-19th century discovery 1.4 Modern, niche uses 2 Copper 2.1 Bronze 2.2 Brass 3 Tin 3.1 Solder 3.2 Plating 3.3 Niobium-tin 4 Zinc 4.1 Nickel-silver 4.2 Solders 4.3 Galvanizing 4.4 Paint pigments 5 Pewter 5.1 History and traditional uses 5.2 Modern applications 6 Gold 6.1 18, 14, 12, 10 carat 6.2 White gold 6.3 Investment coins 6.4 Electronics 7 Silver 7.1 Jewelry 7.2 Bullion coinage 7.3 Photography 8 Iron 8.1 Pig iron 8.2 Steel 8.3 Stainless steel 8.4 High strength alloys 8.5 Wootz steel 8.6 Damascus steel 9 Platinum group metals 9.1 Ru 9.2 Os 9.3 Rh 9.4 Ir 9.5 Pd 9.6 Pt 10 Nickel 10.1 Steels 10.2 Super-alloys 10.3 Plating 11 Aluminum 11.1 Hall-Heroult Process 11.2 Aluminum metal uses 11.3 Alloys 12 Titanium 12.1 Titanium refining 12.2 Pigment uses 12.3 Alloys 13 Magnesium 13.1 Magnesium refining 13.2 Mg-Al alloys 13.3 Castings and other products 14 Uranium and thorium 14.1 U and Th refining 14.2 Uses 15 Americium 15.1 Smoke detectors 16 Mercury 16.1 Chlor-alkali process 16.2 Barometers 16.3 Thermometers 17 Lanthanides 17.1 Magnets 17.2 Sensors 18 Lead 18.1 Batteries 18.2 Ammunition, hunting, military 18.3 Alloys 19 Tungsten 19.1 Metal refining 19.2 Carbide parts 19.3 Heavy alloys 20 Tantalum and niobium 21 Sodium 21.1 Reactor moderator 21.2 NaK alloys 22 Lithium 22.1 Lightweight alloys 22.2 Batteries 23 Solders 23.1 Traditional solder 23.2 Low melting alloys 24 Semi-conductors 24.1 Metals required 24.2 Metalloids 24.3 Doping Index
