独特的和实际的材料手册（第二版）提供快速和容易获得的物理和化学性质上的数据所有类别的材料。该第二版已大大扩大包括整个新家庭的材料，而现有的许多家庭是扩大和新材料和最新信息。特别强调的是常见的工业性能每一类的材料。卡达雷利编著的《材料手册(2常用的有色金属及其合金)》详细的附录提供附加信息等不同的学科在结晶学，工业用天然放射性和经济数据材料。具体的阅读部分和一个通用的参考书目这一全面的指南。
【目录】
Introduction
2FerrousMetalsandTheirAlloys
2.1IronandSteels
2.1.1De*ionandGeneralProperties
2.1.2PhaseTransitionsandAllotropismofIron
2.1.3MetallographicEtchantsforIronandSteels
2.1.4History
2.1.5NaturalOccurrence,Minerals,andOres
2.1.6MiningandMineralDressing
2.1.7Iron-andSteelmaking
2.1.8PureIronGrades
2.1.9TheIron-Carbon(Fe-C)andIron-Cementite(Fe-Fe3C)Systems
2.1.10CastIrons
2.1.10.1GrayCastIronorGraphiticIron
2.1.10.2WhiteCastIron
2.1.10.3MalleableCastIrons
2.1.10.4Ductile(Nodular)CastIrons
2.1.10.5High-SiliconCastIrons
2.1.11CarbonSteels(C-MnSteels)
2.1.11.1PlainCarbonSteels
2.1.11.2Low-AlloySteels
2.1.11.3CastSteels
2.1.12StainlessSteels
2.1.12.1De*ionandGeneralProperties
2.1.12.2ClassificationofStainlessSteels
2.1.12.3MartensiticStainlessSteels
2.1.12.4FerriticStainlessSteels
2.1.12.5AustenificStainlessSteels
2.1.12.6DuplexStainlessSteels
2.1.12.7Precipitation-HardeningStainlessSteels
2.1.12.8CastHeat-ResistantStainlessSteels
2.1.12.9ProcessingandMeltingProcess
2.1.12.10SimplifiedSelectionofStainlessSteels
2.1.12.11StainlessSteelApplicationGuidelines
2.1.13High-StrengthLow-AlloySteels(HSLA)
2.1.14Ultrahigh-StrengthSteels
2.1.15ToolandMachiningSteels
2.1.16MaragingSteels
2.1.17Iron-BasedSuperalloys
2.1.18IronPowders
2.1.18.1Water-AtomizedIronPowders
2.1.18.2Gas-AtomizedIronPowders
2.1.18.3Sponge-ReducedIron
2.1.19FurtherReading
2.2NickelandNickelAlloys
2.2.1De*ionandGeneralProperties
2.2.2History
2.2.3NaturalOccurrence,MineralsandOres
2.2.4AProcessingandIndustrialPreparation
2.2.5NickelAlloys
2.2.6NickelAlloysandSuperalloys
2.2.7Nickel-TitaniumShapeMemoryAlloys
2.2.7.1History
2.2.7.2Fundamental
2.2.7.3ShapeMemoryEffect
2.2.7.4Superelasticity
2.2.7.5Fabrication
2.2.8MajorNickelProducers
2.3CobaltandCobaltAlloys
2.3.1De*ionandGeneralProperties
2.3.2History
2.3.3NaturalOccurrence,MineralsandOres
2.3.4ProcessingandIndustrialPreparation
2.3.4.1CobaltasaByproductofNickelProcessing
2.3.4.2ElectrowinningofCobalt
2.3.5PropertiesofCobaltAlloysandSuperalloys
2.3.6CorrosionResistanceofStellites
2.3.7IndustrialApplicationsandUses
2.3.8MajorCobaltProducers
2.4ManganeseandManganese-BasedAlloys
2.4.1De*ionandGeneralProperties
2.4.2History
2.4.3NaturalOccurrence,Minerals,andOres
2.4.4ProcessingandIndustrialPreparation
2.4.4.1MiningandBeneficiationofManganeseOres
2.4.4.2PreparationofPureManganeseMetal
2.4.4.3FerromanganeseandSilicomanganese
2.4.5IndustrialApplicationsandUses
2.4.5.1MetallurgicalUses
2.4.5.2NonmetallurgicalUses
2.4.6MajorManganeseProducers
3CommonNonferrousMetals
3.1Introduction
3.2AluminumandAluminumAlloys
3.2.1De*ionandGeneralProperties
3.2.2History
3.2.3NaturalOccurrence,Minerals,andOres
3.2.4ProcessingandIndustrialPreparation
3.2.4.1TheBayerProcess
3.2.4.2TheHall-HeroultProcessforElectrowinningAluminum
3.2.4.3SecondaryAluminumProductionandRecyclingofAluminumDrosses