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  Master fracture analysis with the definitive two-volume reference system that materials professionals worldwide rely on for accurate failure diagnosis. ASM Handbook, Volume 12: Fractography and Volume 12A: Atlas of Fractographs work hand-in-hand to provide both the essential knowledge and visual tools you need to identify fracture mechanisms, understand material failures, and make confident analytical decisions.

Master the dual nature of residual stresses—from potential engineering pitfalls to powerful design advantages—with this comprehensive new handbook designed for engineers across all disciplines. Whether you are working to prevent unintended stress-related failures or seeking to harness engineered residual stresses for cutting-edge applications, ASM Handbook, Volume 25A: Residual Stress Fundamentals provides the critical knowledge you need to successfully integrate residual stress concepts into your component designs, manufacturing processes, and quality control systems.

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Featuring over 1700 high-quality fractographs across 30 material categories—from cast irons to ceramics—this essential atlas provides engineers and failure analysts with a visual reference guide to identify fracture mechanisms and understand why materials fail. ASM Handbook, Volume 12A: Atlas of Fractographs—a companion to Volume 12, Fractography—delivers an unparalleled collection of fracture surface images organized by failure mode, offering metallurgists, materials scientists, and quality professionals the critical visual tools needed to diagnose overload, fatigue, stress-corrosion cracking, and embrittlement failures across both metallic and nonmetallic materials. The presentation of fractographs assists readers in recognizing the characteristic features of different types of fracture, and the potential role of material microstructures and imperfections in fractures.

This set includes ASM Handbooks, Volume 24: Additive Manufacturing Processes, and Volume 24A: Additive Manufacturing Design and Applications. Volume 24 provides essential knowledge in materials, processes, and applications of additive manufacturing. Volume 24A provides a comprehensive review of additive manufacturing design fundamentals and applications. Both volumes are written by the world’s leading additive experts in both research and industry.

As a comprehensive update of the best-selling title Handbook of Quenchants and Quenching Technology (ASM International, 1993), ASM Handbook, Volume 4F: Quenchants and Quenching Technology reviews the metallurgy of irons and steels and the changes that occur in response to controlled heating and cooling. It explains how cooling curve data is acquired and used in the development of quenching processes and the selection of quenchants.

ASM Handbook, Volume 24A provides a comprehensive review of additive manufacturing (AM) design fundamentals and applications. The primary focus of the Volume is on metallic systems with limited emphasis on polymers and ceramics where applicable. The first five divisions provide an in-depth review of each of the key aspects of the entire AM value chain. […]

The new ASM Handbook, Volume 11B: Characterization and Failure Analysis of Plastics represents the first time the topic of characterization and failure analysis of plastics has been given its own volume in the ASM Handbook series. Volume 11B contains divisions devoted to polymer science; material selection and design with engineering plastics; chemical, thermal, and physical analysis of plastics; mechanical behavior and testing of plastics; degradation mechanisms of plastics; failure analysis of plastics; and analysis and prevention of plastic product failures.

The new ASM Handbook Volume 23A provides a comprehensive review of established and emerging 3D printing and bioprinting approaches for biomedical applications, and expansive coverage of various feedstock materials for additive manufacturing. It includes articles on 3D printing and bioprinting of surgical models, surgical implants, and other medical devices.

This failure analysis set includes ASM Handbooks, Volume 11: Failure Analysis and Prevention, Volume 11A: Analysis and Prevention of Component and Equipment Failures, and Volume 11B: Characterization and Failure Analysis of Plastics

The new ASM Handbook Volume 11A is a valuable resource for failure analysts, engineers, and technical personnel who are looking to identify the root cause(s) of failures and to prevent future failures. The editors and hundreds of authors and peer reviewers undertook a wholesale revision and expansion of Volume 11 from its 2002 and 1986 editions and succeeded in producing the go-to reference for those confronted with the failure of a machine or component.