Abstract
EXCEPT for minor corrections, this book is identical with the first edition published in Australia and reviewed in these columns a few years ago. The book provides a concise introduction to the technique of X-ray diffraction and radiography, and to its applications particularly in physical metallurgy. An outstanding feature is the detail with which the author describes the practical details required by the experimenter, and it is to the practically minded reader that the book will most appeal. Every technique is not covered; but sufficient of the standard techniques is given to allow any worker entering this field to make a useful beginning. Since the first edition, other books have appeared which treat the same field of X-rays and metallurgy in a much more comprehensive manner. The present book will be found helpful, however, as a very readable and succinct introduction to these larger treatises.
X-Rays in Research and Industry
Dr.
H.
Hirst
By. Second edition. Pp. vii + 124. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1946.) 13s. 6d. net.
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WOOD, W. X-Rays in Research and Industry. Nature 160, 142 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160142c0
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