MATERIALS MANUALS

Upskill & enhance your career prospects with our range of full-colour publications 'Materials Manuals.'

Each Materials Manual is practical and visually authoritative — ideal for self-learning & development & in-house training. 

Unlock Your Potential: Our industry-focussed Materials Manuals are designed to enhance your career prospects by increasing your technical knowledge, skills and understanding in Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Welding Technology, Brazing Technology, Quality Management & BS EN 1090.

Expertly Crafted Content: Authored by academic & industry experts and Chartered Engineers, with decades of industry experience & professional accreditation in Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Welding Technology and Quality Management, our full-colour Materials Manuals provide both academic content and practical knowledge that are directly applicable to industry and real-world scenarios.

High-Quality Materials: Clear & easy to follow with reference to helpful U-Tube videos, each Manual is a comprehensive guide in full-colour. The quality of the materials ensures that you have a reliable reference resource at your fingertips.

Wide Industry Application: The technical content in our Materials Manuals is relevant to the knowledge & skills requirements of a wide range of industry sectors, for example, aerospace, automotive, rail, oil & gas, chemical, power generation, general engineering, construction, food & drink, medical and defence. Each Manual also makes reference to important industry standards.

Investing in Philip Bralsford Consultancy & Training's Materials Manuals is a step towards advancing your career and staying ahead in your field. Don't miss out on this opportunity to gain industry-relevant knowledge and skills from the best in the business!

All Manuals are written in English and are supplied as a full-colour, printed copy.

Our range of MATERIALS MANUALS are LISTED BELOW, with prices per copy for a full-colour, printed copy, inclusive of postage and packing.

METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING

🔸 FUNDAMENTALS OF CORROSION ENGINEERING & CORROSION PREVENTION  £475 per copy. Reviews basic corrosion science, corrosion mechanisms, measures of corrosion, laboratory testing methods, corrosion prevention strategies & the basic metallurgy, properties & applications of the widely used corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs) including Stainless Steels, Nickel Alloys, Copper Alloys:, Zirconium Alloys, Cobalt Alloys & Titanium Alloys.

🔸 FUNDAMENTALS OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING (NDT)  £475 per copy.  Reviews the fundamental principles, typical applications, advantages & disadvantages, applicable international standards and the training requirements for Inspectors applicable to the widely specified NDT inspection techniques for the identification of defects in metals & other engineering materials including ULTRASONIC TESTING (UT); RADIOGRAPHIC TESTING (RT) ; MAGNETIC PARTICLE TESTING (MT); DYE PENETRANT TESTING (PT); EDDY CURRENT TESTING (ET); ACOUSTIC EMISSION (AE) TESTING.

🔸 FUNDAMENTALS OF STEELMAKING & STEEL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES  £475 per copy. Comprehensive review of the various steelmaking routes (Blast Furnace / BOS; Electric Arc Furnace; Green Steelmaking; Secondary Steelmaking; Stainless Steelmaking) & steel manufacturing routes HOT ROLLING OF PLATES, SECTIONS, BEAMS, RAILS, WIRE ROD; PIPE & TUBE MANUFACTURE; FORGING (OPEN DIE & CLOSED DIE FORGING PROCESSES); COLD WORKING PROCESSES: COLD ROLLING OF STRIP STEELS; SHEET METAL FORMING; ROLLFORMING PROCESS; WIRE DRAWING PROCESS; BRIGHT BAR MANUFACTURE; CASTING PROCESSES: SAND CASTING; INVESTMENT CASTING; CENTRIFUGAL CASTING; HEAT TREATMENT; MACHINING PROCESSES; ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; PRINCIPLES OF THE HARDFACING, CORROSION PROTECTION & FIRE PROTECTION OF STEEL.

🔸 INTRODUCTION TO METALLURGY  £475 per copy.  An entry‑level introduction to metallurgy that explains the fundamentals of metal structure, metallography, metals processing and mechanical behaviour.

🔸 METALLURGY OF ALUMINIUM & ITS ALLOYS (WROUGHT & CAST)  £475 per copy. Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of aluminium & its alloys (wrought alloys & cast alloys.)

🔸 METALLURGY OF ALUMINIUM CASTING ALLOYS  £475 per copy.  Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of cast aluminium alloys.

🔸 METALLURGY OF CAST IRON  £475 per copy.  Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of cast iron (grey iron, ductile iron, austenitic iron, austempered ductile iron, Si-Mo iron, compacted graphite iron, white iron, malleable iron.)

🔸 METALLURGY OF COPPER & ITS ALLOYS £475 per copy. Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of copper & its alloys (Pure Copper; Cu-Zn ALLOYS 'Brasses', Cu-Sn ALLOYS 'Bronzes', Cu-Sn-P ALLOYS ‘Phosphor Bronzes’, Cu-Si ALLOYS ‘Silicon Bronzes’, Cu-Al ALLOYS ‘Aluminium Bronzes’, Cu-Be ALLOYS ‘Beryllium Copper' , Cu-Ni Alloys, Cu-Ni-Sn 'Spinodal' Alloys.

🔸 METALLURGY OF FERROUS METALS (STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL & CAST IRON) - £625 per copy.  Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of steel: (PLAIN CARBON STEELS; CARBON MANGANESE & MICROALLOYED (HSLA) STEELS INCLUDING ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS - TRIP STEELS; STRUCTURAL STEELS; CONCRETE REINFORCING STEELS; LOW ALLOY & ALLOY STEELS: CRYOGENIC STEELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE, CREEP RESISTANT STEELS; STEELS FOR SOUR SERVICE; ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS-DUAL PHASE STEELS; TOOL STEELS; MANGANESE STEELS: Hadfields Mn Steel; Advanced High Strength Steels-TWIP Steel; MARAGING STEEL); stainless steel (Austenitic, Duplex, Martensitic, Ferritic & Precipitation Hardening grades) & cast iron (grey iron, ductile iron, austenitic iron, austempered ductile iron, Si-Mo iron, compacted graphite iron, white iron, malleable iron.)

🔸 METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES  £675 per copy (in 2 Volumes.) Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, applications, manufacture, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of steel: (PLAIN CARBON STEELS; CARBON MANGANESE & MICROALLOYED (HSLA) STEELS INCLUDING ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS - TRIP STEELS; STRUCTURAL STEELS; CONCRETE REINFORCING STEELS; LOW ALLOY & ALLOY STEELS: CRYOGENIC STEELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE, CREEP RESISTANT STEELS; STEELS FOR SOUR SERVICE; ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS-DUAL PHASE STEELS; TOOL STEELS; MANGANESE STEELS: Hadfields Mn Steel; Advanced High Strength Steels-TWIP Steel; MARAGING STEEL), stainless steel (Austenitic, Duplex, Martensitic, Ferritic & Precipitation Hardening grades), cast iron (grey iron, ductile iron, austenitic iron, austempered ductile iron, Si-Mo iron, compacted graphite iron, white iron, malleable iron); Nickel & its alloys; Aluminium & its alloys; Titanium & its alloys; Magnesium alloys; Zirconium alloys; Cobalt alloys; Copper & its alloys; 'Refractory' Metals (Niobium, Molybdenum, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium) and High Entropy Alloys HEAs.)

🔸 METALLURGY OF STAINLESS STEEL  £475 per copy. Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of stainless steel (Austenitic, Duplex, Martensitic, Ferritic & Precipitation Hardening grades.)

🔸 METALLURGY OF STEEL & STAINLESS STEEL £575 per copy. Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of steel: (PLAIN CARBON STEELS; CARBON MANGANESE & MICROALLOYED (HSLA) STEELS INCLUDING ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS - TRIP STEELS; STRUCTURAL STEELS; CONCRETE REINFORCING STEELS; LOW ALLOY & ALLOY STEELS: CRYOGENIC STEELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE, CREEP RESISTANT STEELS; STEELS FOR SOUR SERVICE; ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS-DUAL PHASE STEELS; TOOL STEELS; MANGANESE STEELS: Hadfields Mn Steel; Advanced High Strength Steels-TWIP Steel; MARAGING STEEL) & stainless steel: (Austenitic, Duplex, Martensitic, Ferritic & Precipitation Hardening grades.)

🔸 UNDERSTANDING METAL GRADES & MATERIAL CERTIFICATES  £475 per copy. Reviews the importance of product standards for specifying the manufacture, testing, inspection & certification of metal products, as well as the product standards, grades, properties & applications for a range of widely specified alloy types including: steel; stainless steel; cast iron; aluminium & its alloys; copper & its alloys; nickel & its alloys and titanium & its alloys.

MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

🔸 MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES  £675 per copy (in 2 Volumes.) Comprehensive review of the structure, properties, applications, manufacture, NDT inspection & mechanical testing of engineering materials & advanced materials, including the metallic materials, steel: (PLAIN CARBON STEELS; CARBON MANGANESE & MICROALLOYED (HSLA) STEELS INCLUDING ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS - TRIP STEELS; STRUCTURAL STEELS; CONCRETE REINFORCING STEELS; LOW ALLOY & ALLOY STEELS: CRYOGENIC STEELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE, CREEP RESISTANT STEELS; STEELS FOR SOUR SERVICE; ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEELS-DUAL PHASE STEELS; TOOL STEELS; MANGANESE STEELS: Hadfields Mn Steel; Advanced High Strength Steels-TWIP Steel; MARAGING STEEL) stainless steel: (Austenitic, Duplex, Martensitic, Ferritic & Precipitation Hardening grades), cast iron: (grey iron, ductile iron, austenitic iron, austempered ductile iron, Si-Mo iron, compacted graphite iron, white iron, malleable iron); Nickel & its alloys; Aluminium & its alloys; Titanium & its alloys; Magnesium alloys; Zirconium alloys; Cobalt alloys; Copper & its alloys; 'Refractory' Metals (Niobium, Molybdenum, Tantalum, Tungsten, Rhenium); High Entropy Alloys HEAs) and the non-metallic materials (ceramics, carbons, polymers and composites.)

🔸 MECHANICAL TESTING & MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS  £475 per copy. Comprehensive review of the mechanical testing methods for the determination of the mechanical properties of metals and alloys & non-metallic engineering materials including Tensile Testing, Flexural Testing, Compression Testing, Charpy V Notch Impact test, Drop Weight Test, Drop Weight Tear Testing, Fracture Toughness Testing, Proof Testing, Fatigue Testing, Hardness Testing, Creep & Stress Rupture Testing, Weld Testing - Bend Test & Fracture Test, Metals Certification to BS EN 10204.

🔸THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS £475 per copy; online pdf copy £295. Reviews the structure, properties, manufacture, applications, inspection, mechanical testing & joining of composite materials.

WELDING TECHNOLOGY; BRAZING TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; BS EN 1090

🔸BS EN 1090-1: REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UKCA & CE MARKING OF STEEL & ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES £195 per copy. Reviews the requirements for achieving certification to BS EN 1090 for fabricators of steel & aluminium structures.

🔸 RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - AEROSPACE ALLOYS - STAINLESS STEEL, NICKEL, ALUMINIUM, TITANIUM & COBALT £575 per copy. Provides comprehensive knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with Aerospace standards ISO 19828 & ISO 24394.

🔸 RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION -  ALUMINIUM ALLOYS £475 per copy. Provides comprehensive knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with ISO 14731 and EN 1090 applicable to the UKCA & CE marking of Aluminium structures. 

🔸 RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION -  NICKEL ALLOYS  £475 per copy. Provides comprehensive knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with the Aerospace standards ISO 19828 & ISO 24394.

🔸RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - REINFORCING CARBON STEEL £475 per copy. Provides comprehensive knowledgein Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with ISO 14731, BS 8548 & ISO 17660 applicable to concrete reinforcing steel.

🔸RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - STRUCTURAL STEEL £475 per copy. Provides comprehensive knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with ISO 14731 and EN 1090 applicable to applicable to the UKCA & CE marking of steel structures. 

🔸RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - STRUCTURAL STAINLESS STEEL £475 per copy. Provides comprehensive knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with ISO 14731 and EN 1090 applicable to applicable to the UKCA & CE marking of stainless steel structures. 

🔸RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - STRUCTURAL STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL & ALUMINIUM ALLOYS £675 per copy. Provides comprehensive knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with ISO 14731 and EN 1090 applicable to applicable to the UKCA & CE marking of steel, stainless steel & aluminium structures.

🔸 RESPONSIBLE WELDING COORDINATION - STEEL & STAINLESS STEEL FOR STRUCTURES & PRESSURE VESSELS £675 per copy. Provides comprehensive knowledge in Responsible Welding Coordination which equips you with specialised expertise in welding technology, welding processes, welding codes & standards, metallurgy, inspection techniques and compliance with ISO 14731, structural steel codes EN 1090 (applicable to the UKCA & CE marking) & pressure vessel codes & standards. 

🔸 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF WELDING & BRAZING £475 per copy. Reviews a comprehensive range of topics in welding & brazing technology including: a review of the various types of parent metals that are welded & their international standards; a review fusion & solid state welding processes; types of welded joints & welds; welding Metallurgy; how to develop qualified Welding Procedure Specifications; Welder & Welding Operator qualification; welding positions; welding symbols; welding stresses, distortion & residual stress; a review of the welding quality management standard ISO 3834 & the welding coordination standard BS EN ISO 14731.

🔸 VISUAL INSPECTION OF BRAZED JOINTS. £375 per copy. Reviews the principles of brazing; the types of brazing defects that can occur, their causes & how to avoid them and the requirements for the visual inspection of brazed joints according to BS EN 12799:2000.

🔸 VISUAL WELDING INSPECTION - COMPREHENSIVE £475 per copy. Reviews the principles & requirements for carrying out visual welding inspection on products across a wide range of welding industry sectors including structures, pressure vessels, metallic piping, railway vehicles, electron beam & laser beam welded products and concrete reinforcing steels.

🔸 VISUAL WELDING INSPECTION - STEEL & ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES £475 per copy. Reviews the principles & requirements for carrying out a visual welding inspection on welds for steel & aluminium structures to satisfy the requirements of UKCA & CE Marking to BS EN 1090. 

🔸WELDING ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES £675 per copy (in 2 Volumes.) Comprehensive review of the welding engineering, welding process, metallurgical, quality & inspection requirements applicable to the welding of a wide range of ferrous & non-ferrous metals & alloys (steel, stainless steel, cast iron, nickel alloys, titanium alloys, cobalt alloys, copper alloys, aluminium alloys, magnesium alloys, zirconium alloys.)

🔸 WELDING INSPECTION & QUALITY MANAGEMENT £475 per copy.  Reviews the principles & requirements for carrying out welding inspection on products across a wide range of welding industry sectors including structures, pressure vessels, metallic piping, railway vehicles, electron beam & laser beam welded products and concrete reinforcing steels.

🔸 WELDING INSPECTION - STEEL & ALUMINIUM STRUCTURES £475 per copy. Reviews the principles & requirements for carrying out welding inspection on welds for steel & aluminium structures to satisfy the requirements of UKCA & CE Marking to BS EN 1090. 

How to Purchase a Materials Manual

To make a purchase, or for more information, contact our Principal Consultant, Philip Bralsford CEng MIMMM MWeldI DipMet MMet MBA:

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