Surfaces and their Measurement

By: Professor David J. Whitehouse

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Hardcover | 1 July 2004

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The importance of surface metrology has long been acknowledged in manufacturing and mechanical engineering, but has now gained growing recognition in an expanding number of new applications in fields such as semiconductors, electronics and optics. Metrology is the scientific study of measurement, and surface metrology is the study of the measurement of rough surfaces. In this book, Professor David Whitehouse, an internationally acknowledged subject expert, covers the wide range of theory and practice, including the use of new methods of instrumentation.

· Written by one of the world's leading metrologists
· Covers electronics and optics applications as well as mechanical
· Written for mechanical and manufacturing engineers, tribologists and precision engineers in industry and academia

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'A comprehensive and easily accessible textbook and reference book'-International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

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What is surface metrology?
Measurement of surfaces
Profile parameter characterisation
Surfaces in manufacture
Function and surface texture
Surface finish instrumentation
Stylus instruments
Optical methods
Scanning microscopes
Errors of form
Roundness and related subjects
Cylindricity, sphericity etc
Instrument design for minimum error
Calibration of instruments
Sampling, numerical analysis, display
Glossary
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