This is the second volume of an advanced textbook on microstructure and properties of materials. (The first volume is on aluminum alloys, nickel-based superallo

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This new book will be useful not only to practising engineers and scientists, but also to advanced students interested in wear. It reviews our current understan

Advances in technology are demanding ever-increasing mastery over the materials being used: the challenge is to gain a better understanding of their behaviour,