The Metallography of Meteoric Iron

Download or read book The Metallography of Meteoric Iron written by Stuart Hoffman Perry and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A systematic treatment of the metallography of meteoric iron was prompted by the author's experience in describing an iron meteorite by metallographic methods somewhat more than a decade ago. After that, a search of the literature proved scanty for any new meteorite being described in a similar manner. The present work aims to apply metallography, both theoretically and practically, to the study of iron meteorites. To that end the author has attempted to give a sufficient outline to the metallography of artificial iron and its alloys to enable the reader to interpret meteoritic structures; the principal types and structural features are described and illustrated; methods of research are explained; and finally a somewhat comprehensive bibliography is presented.