Author Description

A new edition of the metallurgy and metallography resource demonstrating principles which can be applied to spacecraft product assurance schemes, quality control, material and process evaluations, and mechanical part selection. Dunn (Head, metallic materials and processes, ESA/ESTEC) offers technical explanations and advice on the metallurgical and materials considerations for spacecraft, the integration of metallurgy into product assurance in production, testing, failure analysis of electrical interconnections, whisker growths, and post-flight material assessment. The new revisions to this volume include novel metallic materials, and new results of investigations on materials recovered after space exposure. The volume features numerous photographs, some in color, and extensive appendices of tables detailing thermal expansion for selected materials, properties of printed circuit laminates, conversions for mechanical properties, and metal alloy comparisons. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.