Vanadin. niob. tantal. die metallurgie dei reinen metalle und ihrer legierungen: R. Kieffer and H....
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168 JOURNAL OF THE LESS-COMMON METALS Book Review Vanadin. Niob. Tantal. Die Metallurgic der reinen Metalle und ihrer Legierungen. R. KIEFFER AND H. BRAUN. Pp. xii + 347. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Gottingen/Heidelberg, 1963. DM 76,--. During the pas% decade the rapid strides which have been made in high temperature technology and the resulting need for materials having a high strength at elevated temperatures, have led to an increasing interest in some of the less familiar metals. Outstanding among these are the transition metals of Group Va, Vanadium (m.p. rgoo’), Niobium (m.p. 2470”), and Tantalum (m.p. 3000”), which form the subject of this book. To anyone unfamiliar with these metals the diversity of parts which they play in modern technology, by themselves in the pure form, as alloys with other metals, and as refractory com- pounds with the smaller non-metals such as boron, carbon, nitrogen and silicon, may come as a surprise. This book is both entertaining and stimulating to read. The authors have managed to compress a great deal of material within the 327 pages of text without it appearing in the least dull. This has been accomplished largely by the free use of tables and copious references to the original literature. The book is to be commended for the vast amount of detailed information which it contains pertaining to the production of these metals in a compact and ductile form, their chemical and physical properties, their alloys and their uses. It is also a valuable introduction to the many new and exciting techniques which owe much of their development to the requirements of these refractory metals. The book is well produced and is very well illustrated with many line drawings and photo- graphs. F.F. .J. Less-Common Metals, 6 (1964) 168
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168 JOURNAL OF THE LESS-COMMON METALS
Book Review
Vanadin. Niob. Tantal. Die Metallurgic der reinen Metalle und ihrer Legierungen. R. KIEFFER AND H. BRAUN. Pp. xii + 347. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Gottingen/Heidelberg, 1963. DM 76,--.
During the pas% decade the rapid strides which have been made in high temperature technology and the resulting need for materials having a high strength at elevated temperatures, have led to an increasing interest in some of the less familiar metals. Outstanding among these are the transition metals of Group Va, Vanadium (m.p. rgoo’), Niobium (m.p. 2470”), and Tantalum (m.p. 3000”), which form the subject of this book.
To anyone unfamiliar with these metals the diversity of parts which they play in modern technology, by themselves in the pure form, as alloys with other metals, and as refractory com- pounds with the smaller non-metals such as boron, carbon, nitrogen and silicon, may come as a surprise. This book is both entertaining and stimulating to read. The authors have managed to compress a great deal of material within the 327 pages of text without it appearing in the least dull. This has been accomplished largely by the free use of tables and copious references to the original literature.
The book is to be commended for the vast amount of detailed information which it contains pertaining to the production of these metals in a compact and ductile form, their chemical and physical properties, their alloys and their uses. It is also a valuable introduction to the many new and exciting techniques which owe much of their development to the requirements of these refractory metals.
The book is well produced and is very well illustrated with many line drawings and photo- graphs.
F.F.
.J. Less-Common Metals, 6 (1964) 168
