Metallurgy Text Recommendation?

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cjwb2012

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Hey guys!

As always I will start by saying thanks for all the info you guys share daily. Secondly, I wanted to know what your recommendation was on a book on Metallurgy. As these books are quite pricey(as all college books are) I wanted to be sure the book I bought was something I would be able to digest. To date I have made a handful of knives and have been getting a little better with each but would now like to study Metallurgy.

I have done a few searches and so far have been leaning towards these texts:

Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist, Second Edition(05306G) by ASM International and Arthur C. Reardon
Steel Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist by J. D. Verhoeven
Metallurgy Fundamentals by Daniel A. Brandt and J. C. Warner

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Rob
 
That PDF file is awesome! Tons of information in the first 2 pages! 199 pages to go. Thanks for the free read. It will help set my baseline knowledge. Hopefully my brain doesn't implode:crushed:.
 
The definitive source is the ASM International handbook series. You'll need to visit a library though, because each one is expensive. I'm fortunate to have access through work.
 
Error- You definitely were not joking about the prices on that series. Those books seem to be everything I would ever need to know or have for reference. Library visits in my future for sure. These are the exact books I have been looking for! Thanks for sharing!
 
If you're looking for that kind of heavy reading




I don't think you will find any of those in a public libary, maybe at a college or university.

However because of the specialized nature and price they will be a non circulating reference book.

You can try a local library and see if they can request it, but chances are slim




Keep in mind that most info will be for industrial averages, heavier material

Blade HT is a special case.
 
I assumed those books would be geared more towards industrial uses. I'm enrolled part time in a local University so there is a good chance they have those text seeing how they have a Mechanical Engineering program. Any information I gain from any of these texts will be knowledge I didn't previously have. I definitely understand the ASM texts will likely be hard to digest. Along with Knives I work on my 66 Chevelle and tinker on custom guns so any knowledge gained on other material properties and heat treat methods would be beneficial. The PDF file you shared seems to be geared solely for knife making which I have been going through and it has a ton of amazing information.
 
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