Materials of Engineering: Brasses, bronzes, and other alloys, and their constituent metals. 4th ed. rev. 1900

Robert Henry Thurston

J. Wiley & sons, 1900 - Building materials

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 3
• Metallurgy Schedule of Chemical Processes: 5
• Calcination and Roasting: 9
• Smelting II: 11
• Fluxes: 12
• Fuels: 13
• Working of Metals: 14
• Metal defined: 16
• Laws of Ore Distribution: 17
• Special Properties of Metals: 18
• NonFerrous Metals: 19
• Hardness: 20
• Conductivity: 21
• Lustre: 24
• Densities and Weights: 25
• Ductility and Malleability: 27
• Odor and Taste: 28
• Copper History and Distribution: 29
• Characteristics in General: 30
• Specific Heats: 31
• Expansion by Heat: 34
• Commercial Copper: 35
• Fusibility Latent Heat: 38
• Chemical Character: 39
• Ores of Zinc Smelting: 41
• Antimony: 47
• Platinum: 53
• 41: 63
• Liquation: 64
• Specific Heat: 65
• Expansion by Heat: 66
• Thermal Conductivity: 67
• Electric: 68
• Crystallization: 69
• Oxidation: 70
• Mechanical Properties: 71
• Copper Alloys Bronze and Brass defined: 72
• History of Bronze: 73
• CopperTin Alloys: 74
• Properties: 75
• Principal Bronzes: 76
• Early Bronzes: 77
• Oriental Bronzes: 78
• Density of Bronze: 79
• Quality of Ordnance Bronze: 80
• PhosphorBronze: 81
• 130: 88
• Rare Metals: 98
• Chemical Nature of Alloys: 104
• 141: 141
• THE BRASSES: 158
• Brass defined 85 Composition of Brass 86 Malletts Classification 87 Uses of Brass: 159
• Muntz Metal: 160
• Special Properties: 161
• Application in the Arts: 162
• Working Brass: 163
• Properties of Brass: 164
• 160: 195
• Appearance of Fractures: 203
• CHAPTER VII: 205
• The Brass Foundry: 207
• Furnace Manipulation: 209
• Preparation of Alloys: 210
• Effect of Small Doses of Metal: 212
• Stereotyping: 214
• German Silver: 215
• Babbitts Antifriction Metal 515: 216
• Standard Compositions: 218
• Comparison of Resistances: 219
• Special Recipes: 221
• Classified Lists: 226
• Bronzing: 237
• Lacquering: 239
• CHAPTER VIII: 242
• Factors of Safety: 244
• Measures of Resistance: 246
• Methods of Resistance: 247
• Equation of Resistance Curves: 248
• The Elastic Limits: 250
• Impact Shock: 251
• Resilience: 252
• Proportioning for Shock: 255
• Structure and Composition: 256
• Distribution of Resistances: 258
• 161: 259
• 162: 260
• 163: 262
• Grey Ternary Alloys: 265
• 165: 267
• Shearing Resistance: 278
• པ: 281
• Modulus of Elasticity: 286
• Transverse Resistance of: 294
• Wertheim on Elasticity: 300
• CHAPTER IX: 306
• Tenacity of PhosphorBronze: 312
• Earlier Investigations: 320
• 66: 342
• CHAPTER X: 366
• 234: 379
• CopperZinc Alloys tested for the U: 382
• 233: 392
• Records of Tests: 393
• Straindiagrams of Tension: 404
• Moduli: 411
• CHAPTER XIII: 413
• CONDITIONS AFFECTING STRENGTH: 420
• Method of Registry: 425
• Ductility: 434
• Results of Tests: 442
• CHAPTER XII: 449
• Conditions modifying Tenacity of NonFerrous Metals: 476
• Tempering and Annealing on Density: 484
• Fluctuation of Resistance: 498
• 285: 513
• The Whitworth Process: 519
• Hydraulic Forging Drop Forging: 526
• Strength and Density: 531
• Experiments on Compressed Bronze: 538
• Antimony Bismuth and Lead: 575
• Appearance of Testpieces: 575
• FrigoTension: 575
• ColdWorking: 575

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Bibliographic information

• Title: Materials of Engineering: Brasses, bronzes, and other alloys, and their constituent metals. 4th ed. rev. 1900; Part 3 of Materials of Engineering, Robert Henry Thurston
• Author: Robert Henry Thurston
• Publisher: J. Wiley & sons, 1900
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Oct 5, 2007