ASM Handbook: Volume 10: Materials Characterization (ASM Handbook)

This volume provides you with an easily understood reference book on modern analytical techniques. It emphasizes the practical rather than the theoretical, describing the most common applications and limitations of each method. Contents include: Sampling; Optical and X-Ray Spectroscopy; Mass Spectroscopy; Chromatography; Classical, Electrochemical and Radiochemical Analysis; Resonance Methods; Metallographic Techniques; Diffraction Methods; Electron Optical Methods; Electron or X-Ray Spectroscopic Methods; MethodAs Based on Sputtering or Scattering Phenomena.