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10/26/2011 - Guide to Friction, Wear, and Erosion Testing (2007), by Kenneth G. Budinski

10/26/2011 - Nanoparticles: From Theory to Application Second, Completely Revised and Updated Edition (2010), by Gunter Schmid

06/30/2011 - Ceramics Science and Technology, Volume 2: Materials and Properties (2010), Ralf Riedel and I-Wei Chen, editors

06/30/2011 - A Practical Approach to Quantitative Metal Analysis of Organic Matrices (2008), Martin C. Brennan, author

06/30/2011 - Welding and Joining of Magnesium Alloys (2010), Liming Liu, editor

03/31/2011 - Acoustic Microscopy, second edition (Year), 2010, Andrew Briggs and Olek Kolosov, authors

03/31/2011 - The Corrosion of Copper and Its Alloys: A Practical Guide for Engineers (2009), Roger Francis, author

03/31/2011 - Corrosion Resistance of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys (2010), Edward Ghali and R. Winston Revie, authors

03/31/2011 - Fatigue and Fracture of Medical Metallic Materials and Devices: 2nd Volume (2010), Kenneth L. Jerina, Michael R. Mitchell, Terry O. Woods and Brian T. Berg, editors

03/31/2011 - Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 91st Edition (2010), W.M. Haynes, editor-in-chief

03/31/2011 - High Temperature Corrosion and Oxidation of Metals (2008), David J. Young, author

02/28/2011 - Granular Patterns (2009), Igor S. Aranson and Lev S. Tsimring, authors

02/28/2011 - Titanium Alloys Russian Aircraft and Aerospace Applications Volume 5 (2006), Valentin N. Moiseyev, author

02/28/2011 - Periodic Materials and Interference Lithography for Photonics, Phononics and Mechanics (2008), Martin Maldovan and Edwin L. Thomas, authors

02/28/2011 - Ultrafast Dynamics and Laser Action of Organic Semiconductors (2009), Zeev Valy Vardeny, editor

02/28/2011 - Water in Mining (2009), Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, publisher

02/28/2011 - Excitations in Organic Solids (2009), Vladimir M. Agranovich, author [translated by Gerard Czajkowski]

02/28/2011 - Two-Dimensional X-Ray Diffraction (2009), Bob B. He, author

02/28/2011 - Structural Crystallography of Inorganic Oxysalts (2009), Sergey V. Krivovichev, author

02/28/2011 - CVD Diamond for Electronic Devices and Sensors (2009), Ricardo S. Sussmann, editor

02/28/2011 - Powder Metallurgy: The Preferred Metal Forming Solution (2009)

02/28/2011 - Thixoforming, Semi-solid Metal Processing (2009), Gerhard Hirt and Reiner Kopp, editors

02/28/2011 - Applications of Texture Analysis (Ceramic Transactions Volume 201) (2009), Anthony D. Rollett, author

02/28/2011 - Materials Innovations in an Emerging Hydrogen Economy—Ceramic Transactions Volume 202 (2009), G.G. Wicks and J. Simon, Editors

11/24/2010 - Advances in Ceramic Armor IV: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 29, Issue 6 (2008), L.P. Franks, editor

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11/24/2010 - Microdrops and Digital Microfluids (2008), by Jean Berthier

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11/24/2010 - Stabilization, Optimal and Robust Control: Theory and Applications in Biological and Physical Sciences (2008) by Aziz Belmiloudi

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11/24/2010 - Step-Growth Polymerization Process Modeling and Product Design (2008) by Kevin Seavey and Y.A. Liu, authors

08/5/2010 - Dictionary of Nanotechnology, Colloid and Interface Science (2008) by Laurier L. Schramm

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08/5/2010 - Flotation Plant Optimisation: A Metallurgical Guide to Identifying and Solving Problems in Flotation Plants (2010) by Christopher J. Greet, editor

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08/5/2010 - Highlights in Colloid Science (2009) by Dimo Platikanov and Dotchi Exerowa, editors

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08/5/2010 - Solidification (2009) by J.A. Dandzig and M. Rappaz

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05/28/2010 - Density Functional Theory—A Practical Introduction (2009), by David S. Sholl and Janice A. Steckel

05/28/2010 - Thermal Analysis of Polymers (2009), by Joseph D. Menczel, R. Bruce Prime

05/28/2010 - Unconventional Nanopatterning Techniques and Applications (2008), by John A. Rogers and Hong H. Lee, editors

03/10/2010 - ICE Manual of Construction Materials. Vol. II (2009), edited by Michael C. Forde

03/10/2010 - Materials Processing and Texture: Ceramic Transactions, Volume 200 (2009), edited by A.D. Rollett

03/10/2010 - Molecular Modeling for Beginners, second edition (2008), by Alan Hinchliffe

03/10/2010 - Nanomaterials: Mechanics and Mechanisms (2008), by K.T. Ramesh

03/10/2010 - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: Environmental and Health Impacts (2008), edited by Vicki H. Grassian

03/10/2010 - Phase Transformations in Multicomponent Melts (2008), edited by Dieter M. Herlach

10/1/2009 - Strained Metallic Surfaces: Theory, Nanostructuring and Fatigue Strength (2009), by Valim Levitin and Stephan Loskutov

10/1/2009 - Metallic Nanomaterials (Nanomaterials for the life sciences), Volume 1 (2009), by Challa Kumar

10/1/2009 - Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry of Materials (2009), by Robert J. Naumann

10/1/2009 - Introduction To Magnetic Materials, Second Edition (2009), by B.D. Cullity and C.D. Graham

10/1/2009 - The Advanced Materials Revolution: Technology and Economic Growth in the Age of Globalization (2009), by Sanford L. Moskowitz

09/10/2009 - Basics of Nanotechnology, 3rd edition (2008), by Horst-Günter Rubahn

09/10/2009 - Defects in Solids (2008), by Richard J. D. Tilley

09/10/2009 - Handbook of Mathematical Relations in Particulate Materials Processing (2008), by Randall M. German and Seong Jin Park

08/5/2009 - Ceramic Matrix Composites: Fiber Reinforced Ceramics and their Applications (2008), edited by Walter Krenkel

08/5/2009 - Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (2006), by Mark E. Orazem and Bernard Tribollet

08/5/2009 - Nanomaterials--An Introduction to Synthesis, Properties and Applications (2008), edited by Dieter Vollath

08/5/2009 - Step-Growth Polymerization Process Modeling and Product Design (2008), by Kevin C. Seavey and Y.A. Liu

02/2/2009 - Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biological and Polymeric Materials (2006), by Vasilis G. Gregoriou and Mark S. Braiman, editors

02/2/2009 - Science and Civilization in China, Volume V: Part 11—Ferrous Metallurgy (2008), by Donald B. Wagner

02/2/2009 - Explosive Compaction of Powders & Composites (2006), by R.A. Pruemmer, T.Balakrishna Bhat, K. Siva Kumar, and K. Hokamoto

02/2/2009 - Development in Light Metals: Science, Technology and Applications (2008) edited by F.S. Froes and E. Evangelista

01/15/2009 - Nanotechnology—Volume 1: Principles and Fundamentals (2008), Alaa Gunter Schmid, editor

01/15/2009 - Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements, Volume Number 8, First Topic: Boron Containing Polymers (2007), Alaa S. Abd-el-aziz, Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Charles U. Pittman, Jr., and Martel Zeldin, authors

10/22/2008 - Corrosion and Corrosion Control, Fourth Edition (2008), by R. Winston Revie and Herbert H. Uhlig

10/22/2008 - Explo 2007 Blasting: Techniques & Technology Proceedings (2007)

08/21/2008 - Ceramics Science and Technology: Volume 1—Structures (2008) by Ralf Reidel and I.-Wei Chen, editors

08/21/2008 - Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability (2006) by Martin Smalley

08/21/2008 - Materials Handbook: A Concise Desktop Reference, Second Edition (2008) by François Cardarelli, editor

07/30/2008 - Materials for the Hydrogen Economy (2008), by Russell H. Jones and George J. Thomas, editors

07/30/2008 - Functional Coatings by Polymer Microencapsulation (2006), by Swapan Kumar Ghosh, editor

07/30/2008 - Concise Encyclopedia of the Properties of Materials Surfaces and Interfaces (2007), by J.W. Martin, editor

07/11/2008 - Structure of Materials: An Introduction to Crystallography, Diffraction, and Symmetry (2007), by Marc De Graef and Michael E. McHenry

07/11/2008 - Radiation Materials Science Package (2007), by Gary S. Was

07/11/2008 - Microwaves and Metals (2007), by R. Manoj Gupta and Eugene Wong Wai Leong

07/11/2008 - Classical Mechanics (2006), by R. Douglas Gregory

05/6/2008 - Physical Metallurgy & Advanced Materials, 7th Edition (2007), by R.E. Smallman and A.H.W. Ngan

05/6/2008 - Metamaterials Physics and Engineering Explorations (2006),

05/6/2008 - Iron Ore Conference 2007 (2006),

05/6/2008 - Electrochemistry of Zirconia Gas Sensors (2007) by Serge Zhuiykov

03/4/2008 - Black Sand: The History of Titanium (First Edition) (2006) by Kathleen L. Housley

03/4/2008 - Combinatorial and High-Throughput Discovery and Optimization of Catalysts and Materials (2007) by Radislav A. Potyrailo and Wilhelm F. Maier, editors

03/4/2008 - Self Healing Materials: An Alternative Approach to 20 Centuries of Materials Science (2007), by Sybrand van der Zwaag, editor

02/8/2008 - Materials Science: An Intermediate Text (2007), by William F. Hosford

02/8/2008 - Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Oxide Nanomaterials (2007), by José A. Rodríguez and Marcos Fernández-García, editors

02/8/2008 - Fatigue Crack Propagation in Metals and Alloys: Microstructural Aspects and Modelling Concepts (2007), by Ulrich Krupp

02/8/2008 - Introduction to Polymer Chemistry (2007), by Charles E. Carraher, Jr.

10/23/2007 - Aluminum Recycling (2006), by Mark E. Schlesinger

10/23/2007 - Integral Materials Modeling—Towards Physics-Based Through-Process Models (2007), by Günter Gottstein, editor

10/23/2007 - Materials Processing Handbook (2007), by Joanna R. Groza, James F. Shackelford, Enrique J. Lavernia, and Michael T. Powers, editors

10/23/2007 - Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (2007), by Brenda J. Little and Jason S. Lee, editors

10/4/2007 - The Rauch Guide to the U.S. Plastics Industry (2006), by Richard Gottlieb, editor

10/4/2007 - Metallographic and Materialographic—Specimen Preparation, Light Microscopy, Image Analysis, and Hardness Testing (2007), by K. Geels in collaboration with D.B. Fowler, W.U. Kopp, and M. Ruckert

07/25/2007 - Fundamentals of Electrochemical Deposition, Second Edition (2006), by Milan Paunovic and Mordechay Schlesinger

07/25/2007 - Kinetics, Transport, and Structure in Hard and Soft Materials (2005), by Peter F. Green

07/25/2007 - Resource Recovery & Recycling from Metallurgical Wastes (2006), by S. Ramachandra Rao

05/30/2007 - Colloidal Silica: Fundamentals and Applications (2006), edited by Horacio E. Bergna and William O. Roberts

05/30/2007 - Modelling of Cathodic Protection Systems (2006), edited by R.A. Adey

05/30/2007 - Supramolecular Polymers, Second Edition (2005), edited by Alberto Ciferri

04/20/2007 - Thermodynamics and Phase Transformations, The Selected Works of Mats Hillert (2006), by J. Agren, Y. Brechet, Ch. Hutchinson, J. Philibert, G. Purdy

04/20/2007 - Mechanics of Solids and Materials (2006), by Robert J. Asaro and Vlado A. Lubarda

04/20/2007 - The Chemistry and Technology of Magnesia (2006), by Mark A. Shand

02/26/2007 - Steels Microstructure and Properties, third edition (2006), by H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia and R.W.K. Honeycombe

02/26/2007 - Nanoparticle Assemblies and Superstructures (2006), edited by Nicholas A. Kotov

02/26/2007 - Mechanical Tribology: Materials, Characterization, and Applications (2006), by George E. Totten and Hong Liang, editors

02/26/2007 - Exploring Engineering: An Introduction for Freshman to Engineering and to the Design Process (2006), by P.G. Kosky, G. Wise, R.T. Balmer, and W.D. Keat

02/26/2007 - Activated Carbon Adsorption (2005), by Roop Chand Bansal and Meenakshi Goyal

01/4/2007 - High Temperature Strain of Metals and Alloys: Physical Fundamentals (2006), by Valim Levitin0

01/4/2007 - Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip for Chemical and Biological Analysis and Discovery (2006), by Paul C.H. Li

01/4/2007 - Sustainable Metals Management (2006), edited by Arnim von Gleich, Robert U. Ayres, and Stefan Gößling-Reisemann

10/23/2006 - Titanium Alloys: Russian Aircraft and Aerospace Applications (2006), by Valentin N. Moiseyev

10/23/2006 - Inorganic Materials Chemistry Desk Reference, Second Edition (2005), by D. Sangeeta and John R. LaGraff

10/23/2006 - Introduction to Materials Modelling (2005), edited by Zoe H. Barber

09/27/2006 - Materials Processing during Casting (2006), by Hasse Fredriksson and Ulla Akerlind

09/27/2006 - Fracture and Damage of Composites (2006), by M. Guagliano and M.H. Aliabadi, editors

08/14/2006 - Nanocrystals Forming Mesoscopic Structures (2006), edited by Marie-Paule Pileni

08/14/2006 - Chemical Testing of Textiles (2005), edited by Qinguo Fan

08/14/2006 - Metallurgical Design of Flat Rolled Steels (2005), by Vladimir B. Ginzburg

05/25/2006 - Laser Processing of Engineering Materials: Principles, Procedure, and Industrial Application (2005), by John C. Ion

05/23/2006 - The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, Fourth Edition (2005), by Robert H. Crabtree

05/23/2006 - Laser Cladding (2005), by Ehsan Toyserkani, Amir Khajepour, and Stephen Corbin

04/5/2006 - Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of Elastic-Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials (2004), by S. Ahzi, M. Cherkaoui, M.A. Khaleel, H.M. Zbib, M.A. Zikry, and B. LaMatina, editors

04/5/2006 - Resistance Welding: Fundamentals and Applications (2006), by Hongyan Zhang and Jacek Senkara

04/5/2006 - Characterisation of Bulk Solids (2005), edited by D. McGlinchey

04/5/2006 - Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of Elastic-Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials (2004), by S. Ahzi, M. Cherkaoui, M.A. Khaleel, H.M. Zbib, M.A. Zikry, and B. LaMatina, editors

02/28/2006 - Analytical Characterization of Aluminum, Steel, and Superalloys (2005), edited by D. Scott MacKenzie and George E. Totten

01/24/2006 - Structure-Property Relations in Nonferrous Metals (2005), by Alan M. Russell and Kok Loong Lee

01/24/2006 - Introduction to Nondestructive Testing, A Training Guide, Second Edition (2005), by Paul E. Mix

01/24/2006 - Mechanical Wear Fundamentals and Testing: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (2005), by Raymond G. Bayer

01/24/2006 - Phase Transformations of Elements under High Pressure (2005), by E. Yu Tonkov and E.G. Ponyatovsky

01/24/2006 - Extractive Metallurgy of Rare Earths (2005), by C.K. Gupta and N. Krishnamurthy

12/19/2005 - Metal Matrix Composites (2005), by N. Chawla and K.K. Chawla

09/6/2005 - Soft Materials: Structure and Dynamics (2005), edited by John R. Dutcher and Alejandro G. Marangoni

09/6/2005 - Nano-Architectured and Nanostructured Materials: Fabrication, Control and Properties (2004), edited by Yannick Champion and Hans-Jörg Fecht

09/6/2005 - Metal-Polymer Nanocomposites (2005), edited by Luigi Nicolais and Gianfranco Carotenuto

09/6/2005 - Investigation of Aeronautical and Engineering Component Failures (2004), by A. Venugopal Reddy

09/6/2005 - Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements, Volume 4: Group IVA Polymers (2005), edited by Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Charles U. Pittman, Jr., and Martel Zeldin

07/29/2005 - Electronic Materials Science (2005), by Eugene A. Irene

07/29/2005 - Corrosion of Ceramic and Composite Materials, Second Edition (2004), by Ronald A. McCauley

07/29/2005 - Die Casting Engineering: A Hydraulic, Thermal, and Mechanical Process (2005), by Bill Andresen

07/21/2005 - Joining of Materials and Structures: From Pragmatic Process to Enabling Technology (2005), by Robert W. Messler, Jr.

07/21/2005 - Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels (2005), by John C. Lippold and Damian J. Kotecki

07/21/2005 - Mechanical Alloying and Milling (2004), by C. Suryanarayana

07/21/2005 - One-Dimensional Metals (2004), by Siegmar Roth and David Carroll

07/21/2005 - Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements, Volume 3 (2004), edited by Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Charles U. Pittman, Jr., John E. Sheats, and Martel Zeldin

07/21/2005 - Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements, Volume 2: Organoiron Polymers (2004), edited by Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Charles U. Pittman, Jr., John E. Sheats, and Martel Zeldin

06/1/2005 - Handbook of Lead-Free Solder Technology for Microelectronic Assemblies (2004), edited by Karl J. Puttlitz and Kathleen A. Stalter

03/31/2005 - Handbook of Infrared Spectroscopy of Ultrathin Films (2003), V.P. Tolstoy, I.V. Chernyshova, and V.A. Skryshevsky

03/31/2005 - Thermal Analysis of Welds (2004), by N.T. Nguyen

03/31/2005 - Macromolecules Containing Metal and Metal-Like Elements, Volume 1: A Half Century of Metal- and Metalloid-Containing Polymers (2003), edited by Alaa S. Abd-El-Aziz, Charles E. Carraher, Jr., Charles U. Pittman, Jr., John E. Sheats, and Martel Zeldin

03/8/2005 - Castings Practice: The Ten Rules of Castings (2004), by John Campbell

03/8/2005 - Electrochemical Systems, Third Edition (2004), by John Newman and Karen E. Thomas-Alyea

03/8/2005 - Large Deformation Processes of Solids: From Fundamentals to Numerical Simulation and Engineering Applications (2003), by I. Doltsinis

09/8/2004 - Nano and Microstructural Design of Advanced Materials: A Commemorative Volume on Professor G. Thomas? Seventieth Birthday (2003), edited by M.A. Meyers, R.O. Ritchie, and M. Sarikaya

09/8/2004 - Giant Molecules: Essential Materials for Everyday Living and Problem Solving, Second Edition (2003), by Charles E. Carraher, Jr.

09/1/2004 - A Disastrous Approach to Materials Science (2004), by Patrick S. Nicholson and Look at the Sky and Tell the Weather (2004), by Eric Sloane

09/1/2004 - Nanophotonics (2004), by Paras N. Prasad

09/1/2004 - Interatomic Forces in Condensed Matter (2003), by Mike Finnis

09/1/2004 - Magnesium Alloys Containing Rare Earth Metals, Structure and Properties: Advances in Metallic Alloys, Volume 3 (2003), by L.L. Rokhlin

09/1/2004 - Topics in Stereochemistry, Volume 24: Materials--Chirality (2003), by Mark M. Green, R.J.M. Nolte, and E.W. Meijer, editors

09/1/2004 - The Chemistry of Organic Silicon Compounds, Volume 3 (2001), by Zvi Rappoport and Yitzhak Apeloig, editors

09/1/2004 - Computational Chemistry Using the PC, Third Edition (2003), by Donald W. Rogers

05/6/2004 - Electronic Basis of the Strength of Materials (2003), by John Gilman

05/6/2004 - An Introduction to Materials Engineering and Science for Chemical and Materials Engineers (2004), by Brian S. Mitchell

05/6/2004 - Statistics and Probability for Engineering Applications (2003), by W.J. DeCoursey

05/6/2004 - Graphite Intercalation Compounds and Applications (2003), by Toshiaki Enoki, Masatsugu Suzuki, and Morinobu Endo

05/6/2004 - Extractive Metallurgy of Copper, Fourth Edition (2002), by W.G. Davenport, M. King, M. Schlesinger, and A.K. Biswas, editors

02/26/2004 - Metal Complexes and Metals in Macromolecules: Synthesis, Structures, and Properties (2003), by Dieter W?e and Anatoli D. Pomogailo, editors

02/26/2004 - A User's Guide to Vacuum Technology, Third Edition (2003), by John F. O'Hanlon

02/26/2004 - Introduction to Nanotechnology (2003), by Charles P. Poole, Jr., and Frank J. Owens

02/26/2004 - Ceramic Matrix Composites, Second Edition (2003), by K.K. Chawla

02/26/2004 - Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis, Third Edition (2003), by Joseph Goldstein, Dale Newbury, David Joy, Charles Lyman, Patrick Echlin, Eric Lifshin, Linda Sawyer, and Joseph Michael

02/26/2004 - Optoelectronic Properties of Semiconductors and Superlattices, Volume 13: III-Nitride Semiconductors, Optical Properties I (2002), edited by M.O. Manasreh and H.X. Jiang

02/26/2004 - Welding Metallurgy, Second Edition (2002), by Sindo Kou

02/26/2004 - Organotransition Metal Chemistry (2002), by Anthony F. Hill

02/25/2004 - Encyclopedia of Electrochemistry, Volume 6: Semiconductor Electrodes and Photoelectrochemistry (2002), edited by Stuart Licht, editor

02/25/2004 - Manufacturing Surface Technology: Surface Integrity & Functional Performance, Manufacturing Engineering Modular Series (2002), by Brian Griffiths