Metallurgy Fundamentals Fifth Edition, Text

I'm teaching myself blacksmithing and welding and I like to understand the why and the how behind the concepts and book does a nice job of explaining the how and why metals "work" and gives a really decent description of what is happening to the metal when you perform different heat treating processes. Not an in depth technical or scientific explanation but a good explanation written in easy to understand terms with a good use of pictures. Definitely an intro-level look at metals and metallurgy but for someone that doesn't have a strong chemistry background this might help understand some of the concepts in a way that makes sense.

Waited a long time for this book. Highly recommend this book for someone wanting to learn. Easy to read and understand.

Wonder book about metallurgy! Helps me a lot in passing my welding metallurgy class

Overall, I enjoyed this book. The treatment of all steps of the steel-making process is thorough, and well-written for a new-comer to the topic. I especially liked the numerous photos/diagrams and step-by-step explanations and examples for how to read the various graphs (I-T, phase diagrams, etc.). These are items which are core to understanding, and where much of the knowledge/learning is embedded, but which often receive insufficient discussion in more-advanced texts (true for many disciplines).In general, the earlier sections of the book devoted to steel were better-written, while the later sections on non-ferrous metals seemed less complete in terms of explaining the extraction/manufacture process steps.In particular, I would have liked a little more labels on photos, especially for machinery, so that the components can be understood in terms of their contribution to overall function. Most of the photos are labeled adequately (overwhelmingly so), but sometimes it seemed like a picture was being shown for filler rather than discussion.List:Fig. 1-6, demonstration of tool wearFig. 6-25, oxygen lanceFig. 6-40, reversing slab millFigs. 11-1,2, annealing furnacesFigs. 15-6,9,12, pack-carburizing furnaceFig. 15-15, flame hardening systemFig. 17-4, pipe extrusionFig. 19-6 galvanizationFig. 19-11, die castingFig. 19-13, wave solderingTo sum up: this book is easy enough to follow to be a fun read, but contains enough depth to serve as a pretty good reference.Happy with my purchase!

Great book. It's got good detail but does not go into extreme technical depth of a chemistry book, but it's not expected to. Ideal for basic to intermediate learning but not in the technical side. Topics are covered well.

This book was the required literature for my Metallurgy class.The content of this book, in my opinion, is for a layman, which is exactly what I am. That being said, the information is very easy to decipher​.

i am not one to read text books. however, that being said this book does read very easy and as a basic book of understanding it does a great job!

it is very in-depth reading material.