“Like no other single volume, Light Alloys should satisfy students and professionals in learning the fundamentals of aluminum, magnesium, and titanium alloys from various perspectives.” –Light Metal Age, February-March 2006
Review of the previous edition:”The text (of the 3rd Edition) is written in simple and clear style making it easily readable… I recommend it to aspiring and practicing engineers and scientists alike.” –Materials Forum
From the Back Cover
Recent years have seen significant advances in the processing and use of light alloys, in particular in the aeronautical and automotive industries, along with advances in modelling techniques, casting and fabricating technologies and environmental issues. Fully updated to cover all of these developments, the new edition is focused on the needs of both students and professionals working in this field, and is a key resource for both – including those who do not have a metallurgical background.• Covers the science, properties and applications of widely used engineering alloys in one volume, with new material on processing, heat treatment and characteristics of these essential alloys • Outlines the latest applications and processes in the automotive, aeronautical and related industries• Describes new developments with novel materials such as composites, metallic foams, quasi and nanocrystalline alloys
About the Author
Ian Polmear is a graduate in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Melbourne. After some brief experience in local industry, he joined the former Aeronauitcal Reseach Laboratories in Melbourne where he later became a Principal Research Scientist and Leader of the Aircraft Materials Group. Shortly after Monash University was established in 1961, he was appointed Professor of Materials Science and was Foundation Chairman of the Department of Materials Engineering. Before retiring in 1992, he served four years as Deputy Vice-Chancellor. His research interests have focused on precipitation phenomena in aluminium alloys, trace element effects, relationships between microstructure and mechanical properties, and the development of high strength aluminium alloys for aircraft. He has had visiting appointments in England, Switzerland and Japan and was the author of the first four editions of Light Alloys which were published between 1981 and 2006. Emeritus Professor Polmear is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and an Honorary Fellow of the British Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
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