Cheremisinoff N.P. Materials selection deskbook

Book. — U.S.A., New Jersey, Westwood: Noyes Publications, 1996. — 192 p.The chemical and allied industries employ a multitude of unit operations in product manufacturing. Both chemicals and physical mechanisms are employed in these operations, ranging from simple bulk handling and preparation of chemical feedstocks to complex chemical reactions in the presence of heat and or mass transfer. These operations require application of scientific and engineering principles to ensure efficient, safe and economical process operations. To meet these objectives, process equipment must perform intended functions under actual operating conditions and do so in a continuous and reliable manner. Equipment must have the characteristics of mechanical reliability, which includes strength, rigidity, duability and tightness. In addition, it must be designed at an optimized ratio of capital investment to service life.
This book is designed as a handy desk reference covering fundamental engineering principles of project planning schemes and layout, corrosion principles and materials properties of engineering importance. It is intended as a general source of typical materials property data, useful for first pass materials selection in process design problems.
This book is based upon seminars given by the autor during the 1980s. With the recent addition of material relating to elastomers and plastics, this book has been brought up-to-date.Simplified flow diagram of activities in planning and implementing process and plant design projects
Allowable stress for different materials
Comparison of corrosion rates of zinc and steel in various parts of the world
Examples of poor and proper connections of dissimilar metals
Example of a corrosion-resistant steel insert used in an aluminum casting
Encapsulation of exposed metal connections
Gasket insertion between pipe flanges for sealing purposes and to minimize galvanic corrosion between dissimilar piping metals
Examples of minimizing galvanic corrosion when piping penetrates partitions and bulkheads
Poor and good designs for heat exchanger inlets
Poor and good designs for vessel drainage
Typical glass sight gauges
Liquid-level gauge for an ammonia tank
Effect of temperature on corrosion rates of steels in crude oil containing sulfur
Operating limits for steels in atmospheres containing hydrogen
Effect of temperature on the tensile strength of copper
Effect of sulfuric acid on aluminum
Effect of nitric acid on stainless steel and aluminumMajor items in operating guidelines planning
Common equipment symbols and letter codes
Typical instrument codes and examples
Flangeratings for different materials
Typical flange pressure-temperatue data
Parameters to analyze in materials selection
Fabrication parameters to analyze in materials selection
General properties of the corrosion resistance of metals to various chemicals
Generals properties of the corrosion resistance of nonmetals to various chemicals
Corrosion rates of steel and zinc panels exposed for two years
Typical mechanical properties of various types of cast iron
Typical data showing the effect of strength on gray iron castings
Properties of white iron
Properties of spheroidal graphite-grade cast irons
Properties of flake graphite-grade cast irons
Maximum working stresses for various grades of cast iron up to 600^oC
Rods and electrodes for fusion-welding cast iron
Applications of low-carbon, low-alloy steels
Comparison of mild and low-alloy quenched and tmpered steels
Alloying effects that improve creep properties
AISI classifications of wrought stainless and heat-resisting steels (based on AISI type numbers)
Examples of precipitation hardening stainless steels
Compositions of ferrite/austenite stainless steels
Classification used for copper alloys in the U.S.
Various grades of copper
Mechanical properties vs temperature for copper
Mechanical properties vs low temperature for copper
Properties of common brasses
Properties of tin bronzes and gunmetals
Mechanical properties of annealed curpo-nickel alloys
Standard U.S. leads
Mechanical properties of sheet lead
Mechanical properties of annealed lead vs temperature
Maximum stresses in pipe wall of lead alloys
Fatique-strength data of lead alloys
Mechanical properties of aluminum