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Plating and Metal Finishing Books: What You Need & Where to Find Them

0. Mechanical Preparation
Shot Peening, published by MFN
1. Great books for Anodizing & Aluminum Treatments			More anodizing books: Artists Anodizing Aluminum : The Sulfuric Acid Process , David Laplantz Adhesive Bonding of Aluminum Alloys , Edward W. Thrall, Raymond W. Shannon Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys , J.R. Davis Aluminum: Technology, Applications, and Environment Dietrich G. Altenpohl The Technology of Anodizing Aluminum Arthur William Brace, P.G. Sheasby
Aluminum How-To , Robert Probert	Light Metals Finishing Process Manual , David Montgomery	Surface Finishing and Treatment of Aluminum and its Alloys , Wernick, Pinner & Sheasby
2. The "Must Have" List for Electroplating. No plating shop or plating library should open its doors without these five books on hand :-)
ASM Metals Handbook vol. 5 Surface Cleaning, Finishing, and Coating	Basic Practical Electroplating , GS Branch of AESF	Electroplating , Frederick A. Lowenheim	Electroplating Engineering Handbook , Lawrence Durney	Metal Finishing Guidebook & Directory , Elsevier
3. More "Classics" on general electroplating.
ASM Metals Handbook vol. 5 Surface Engineering	The Canning Handbook: Surface Finishing Technology	Electrochemical Metallizing Principles and Practice , Marvin Rubinstein	Electrodeposition of Alloys , Abner Brenner	Electrodeposition, the Materials Science of Coatings and Substrates , Jack W. Dini
Installation and Maintenance in Electroplating Shops , Eric A. Ollard	Practical Electroplating Handbook , N.V. Parthasaradhy	Properties of Electrodeposited Metals and Alloys	Trouble in Your Tank? , Lawrence Durney	Water and Waste Control for the Plating Shop , Kushner & Kushner
4. Chrome Plating:		5. Electroless Plating:
Chromium Plating , Weiner & Walmsley	Hard Chromium Plating , Robert K. Guffie	Electroless Plating - Fundamentals & Applications, Mallory & Hajdu	Chemical (Electroless) Nickel Plating, G.G. Gawrilov	Electroless Nickel Plating Wolfgang Riedel
6. Gold Plating	7. Plating on Plastic	8. Zinc Plating
Gold Plating Technology , Reid & Goldie	Standards and Guidelines for Electroplated Plastics , ASEP	Zinc Plating , Herb Geduld
9. Painting and Powder Coating
Coatings for Corrosion Prevention , American Society for Metals	Formulary of Paints and Other Coatings Vol. I , Michael and Irene Ash	Introduction to Paint Chemistry and Principles of Paint Technology , G.P.A. Turner	Industrial Painting: Principles and Practices , Norman R. Roobol	A Guide to High Performance Powder Coating . Bob Utech
10. Miscellaneous
Hazardous Waste Land Treatment , Kirk W. Brown, Gordon B. Evans, Jr. and Beth D. Frentrup	The Chemical Formulary Volume XXIII , H. Bennett, editor-in-chief	Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice , Amer Conf of Governmental Industrial Hygienists	Recovery & Refining of Precious Metals , C.W. Ammen	Current Solutions to Hydrogen Problems in Steels , Interrante & Pressouyre
Metallic Coatings for Corrosion Control , V.E. Carter	Corrosion of Stainless Steels , A. John Sedriks	Machinery's Handbook , Erik Oberg, Franklin D. Jones and Holbrook L. Horton	Gold Refining , George Gajda	(more info soon)

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