Reddit mentions of Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist, Second Edition(05306G)

Metallurgy For The Non-Metallurgist is a good and informative book. It teaches a lot about the history of metallurgy as well. You can probably find a free pdf or cheaper used copy somewhere else though.

A good starting point for people without formal training can be Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist published by ASM International. Some public libraries even have this book.

If you provide a little more information about your background, we can point you in a more precise direction.

During my materials engineering BEng I found the following books to be quite useful as general reference and self learning for the first two years.

Askeland: http://www.amazon.com/Science-Engineering-Materials-Donald-Askeland/dp/0495296023/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408623880&sr=8-1&keywords=askeland+materials
(I bought this book for only $1 second hand off of abebooks.com)

Callister: http://www.amazon.com/Materials-Science-Engineering-An-Introduction/dp/1118324579/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408624073&sr=8-1&keywords=callister+materials
(Callister is very useful although lacks information on metallurgy since it is only an introduction book)

For metals and alloys I found these to be the most useful:

Reardon: http://www.amazon.com/Metallurgy-Non-Metallurgist-Second-Edition-05306G/dp/1615038213/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1408624192&sr=8-2&keywords=metallurgy

Polmear: http://www.amazon.com/Light-Alloys-Metallurgy-Material-Science/dp/0340491752/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1408624234&sr=8-2&keywords=polmear+light+alloys

I hope this helps

Here's a great book I like to recommend:

http://www.amazon.com/Metallurgy-Non-Metallurgist-Second-05306G-International/dp/1615038213

I'm sure there are cheaper places to find the book and you should check if maybe your library has it. It's kinda geared towards technical people who are non-metallurgists.

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