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I would personally recommend the many volumes of the ASM Metals Handbooks. As a metallurgical technician, the polishing procedures and fractography from volume 9 and volume 11 respectively are essential to my career.

Matt Munkwitz

A wonderful, but lesser-known book for any practicing physical metallurgist would be "Mechanical Metallurgy" by George E. Dieter. I have the hard copy third edition published by McGraw Hill and refer to it frequently. The author struck a nearly perfect balance of explaining concepts in a way that is easy to understand while also providing the necessary theoretical calculations, without being too simplistic or too academic. Makes a great companion to Reed Hill text and goes more into the different applied mechanical process: rolling, drawing, etc.

Otho's post about Mechanical Metallurgy by George E. Dieter is a great addition. Dr. Dieter addressed some of the same topics in ASM Handbook, Volume 20, Materials Selection and Design, for which he served as Volume Editor. 

Here's a link to a list of ASM Handbook articles contributed by George Dieter.

A wonderful, but lesser-known book for any practicing physical metallurgist would be "Mechanical Metallurgy" by George E. Dieter. I have the hard copy third edition published by McGraw Hill and refer to it frequently. The author struck a nearly perfect balance of explaining concepts in a way that is easy to understand while also providing the necessary theoretical calculations, without being too simplistic or too academic. Makes a great companion to Reed Hill text and goes more into the different applied mechanical process: rolling, drawing, etc.

Otho's post about Mechanical Metallurgy by George E. Dieter is a great addition. Dr. Dieter addressed some of the same topics in ASM Handbook, Volume 20, Materials Selection and Design, for which he served as Volume Editor. 

Here's a link to a list of ASM Handbook articles contributed by George Dieter.

A wonderful, but lesser-known book for any practicing physical metallurgist would be "Mechanical Metallurgy" by George E. Dieter. I have the hard copy third edition published by McGraw Hill and refer to it frequently. The author struck a nearly perfect balance of explaining concepts in a way that is easy to understand while also providing the necessary theoretical calculations, without being too simplistic or too academic. Makes a great companion to Reed Hill text and goes more into the different applied mechanical process: rolling, drawing, etc.

I am in agreement that Mechanical Metallurgy by Dieter and Physical Metallurgy Principles by Reed-Hill are good choices for your library.  I would also add Steels: Processing, Structure and Performance by Krauss and Optical Microscopy of Carbon Steels by Samuels.  

Following Scott's lead, I recommend any of the ASM Handbooks depending on your specific need.    I am lucky enough to have collected them all over my 45 year career.  

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Otho's post about Mechanical Metallurgy by George E. Dieter is a great addition. Dr. Dieter addressed some of the same topics in ASM Handbook, Volume 20, Materials Selection and Design, for which he served as Volume Editor. 

Here's a link to a list of ASM Handbook articles contributed by George Dieter.

A wonderful, but lesser-known book for any practicing physical metallurgist would be "Mechanical Metallurgy" by George E. Dieter. I have the hard copy third edition published by McGraw Hill and refer to it frequently. The author struck a nearly perfect balance of explaining concepts in a way that is easy to understand while also providing the necessary theoretical calculations, without being too simplistic or too academic. Makes a great companion to Reed Hill text and goes more into the different applied mechanical process: rolling, drawing, etc.

As a laboratory technician, I did read Dieter's Mechanical Metallurgy but I found that it was a great start for learning about the basics of steel.

I just felt that it was too shallow for learning about materials and how the advanced materials are utilized today. I understand that would have made it a 1,000+ page book.

That being said, good read!

Matt Munkwitz

I am in agreement that Mechanical Metallurgy by Dieter and Physical Metallurgy Principles by Reed-Hill are good choices for your library.  I would also add Steels: Processing, Structure and Performance by Krauss and Optical Microscopy of Carbon Steels by Samuels.  

Following Scott's lead, I recommend any of the ASM Handbooks depending on your specific need.    I am lucky enough to have collected them all over my 45 year career.  

:-)

Otho's post about Mechanical Metallurgy by George E. Dieter is a great addition. Dr. Dieter addressed some of the same topics in ASM Handbook, Volume 20, Materials Selection and Design, for which he served as Volume Editor. 

Here's a link to a list of ASM Handbook articles contributed by George Dieter.

Otho's post about Mechanical Metallurgy by George E. Dieter is a great addition. Dr. Dieter addressed some of the same topics in ASM Handbook, Volume 20, Materials Selection and Design, for which he served as Volume Editor. 

Here's a link to a list of ASM Handbook articles contributed by George Dieter.