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  Umfassende Abhandlung der Feuerverzinkung: Vorbereitung und Verfahrenstechnik, feuerverzinkungsgerechte Konstruktion, Arbeitssicherheit, Umweltschutz, Duplex-Systeme und Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtungen. Das Buch ist reich bebildert mit zahlreichen...

  The complete online content of the 8th edition, accessible through a user interface that offers fast access and numerous search functionalities. The content can be installed onto a local PC or in LANs. Now fully compatible with Windows 7 software....

  Ultrasonic testing is a relatively new branch of science and industry. The fundamentals of this method were borrowed, initially, from basic physics, geometrical and wave optics, acoustics and seismology. It has become clear that some of these theories and...

  Corrosion Chemistry details the scientific background of the corrosion process and contemporary applications for dealing with corrosion for engineers and scientists, covering the most recent breakthroughs and trends. Corrosion is in essence a chemical process,...

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