Metals and Magnets

1 Introduction.- Production technology.- Atomisation, powder characterisation.- Characteristic data.- Uniaxial compaction in rigid dies.- Isostatic and pseudoisostatic compaction.- Forming of binder treated powders.- Spray forming and continuous forming.- Hot isostatically pressed tool steels: heat treatment, alloying effects, chemical composition.- Hot isostatically pressed tool steels: microstructure.- Hot isostatically pressed tool steels: mechanical and physical properties.- Spray forming: Copper alloys.- Spray forming: Aluminum alloys.- Iron and steel: Manufacturing route.- Iron and steel: Hardness and tensile properties, Figs. 5.6 to 5.40.- Iron and steel: Hardness and tensile properties, Figs. 5.41 to 5.110.- Iron and steel: Impact energy.- Iron and steel: Fatigue strength.- Iron and steel: Thermophysical properties.- Non ferrous materials.- Summary.- 6 Metal injection moulding.- 7 Powder metallurgical filters.- 8 Friction materials.- Soft magnetic sintered and composite materials.- Soft magnetic ferrites.- Hard magnetic materials: Alnico.- Hard magnetic materials: rare earth-transition metal and Fe-Nd-B.- Hard magnetic materials: Mn-Al-C, ferrites.- Hard magnetic materials: Bonded magnets.- 10 Contact materials.- 11 Beryllium.