The most comprehensive single-source guide to the production of metals andminerals ever published. Despite the advent of "high-tech" materials such as polymers,

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This fifth edition of the highly regarded family of titles that first published in 1965 is now a three-volume set and over 3,000 pages. All chapters have been r

The progress of civilization can be, in part, attributed to their ability to employ metallurgy. This book is an introduction to multiple facets of physical meta