For your assignment you will need to find and summarize:
1. An entry from the ASM Metals Handbooks (in the reference collection on the 1st floor, call number TA 459 .M43). To see topics covered in each volume, look at the Table of Contents files on this page.
2. An academic article on the same topic using the library's OneSearch search box on this page.

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