@article{471388,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Dereu, Brian.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/471388},
      title = {Raw and finished materials a concise guide to properties  and applications / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Momentum Press,},
      abstract = {A basic understanding and knowledge of materials is  rudimentary to both the accomplished tradesman as well as  the draftsman. The subject of materials, however, is not  generally taught in a vocational setting. It will be shown  that a length of brass is not just a length of brass, but  an example of a specific alloy that determines whether it  can be more easily machined, or rather formed. Yet, for  each of the basic materials listed, entire texts have been  written and published. It is not, therefore, my intention  to delve deeply into such matters as failure analysis or to  dissect various exotic composites. Rather, this is a  concise text that will introduce the most common materials  along with their properties and uses, which both the  student and journeyman will find useful. Even as much,  there are almost 500 alloys of wrought aluminum registered  to the Aluminum Association of the United States, though I  have selected only seven to list in this text. No  assumption has been made concerning the previous education  of the reader, and everything has been written from the  ground up, without jargon.},
      recid = {471388},
      pages = {1 electronic resource (xiv, 285 p.) :},
      address = {[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY  10017) :},
      year = {2012},
}