chapter 1 Ferrous Metallography -- chapter 2 Atlas of Aluminum Microstructures -- chapter 3 Microstructure of Ferrous Alloys -- chapter 4 Atlas of Micrographs – Superalloys -- chapter 5 Thermal Analysis of Aluminum Alloys -- chapter 6 X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of the Microstructure of Precipitating Al-Based Alloys -- chapter 7 X-Ray Diffraction (Part II) -- chapter 8 Residual Stress Measurement -- chapter 9 Application of Transmission Electron Microscopy to Materials Problems -- chapter 10 Electron Backscatter Diffraction of Aluminum Alloys -- chapter 11 Texture Measurement and Analysis -- chapter 12 Microscopy and Microspectroscopy of Aluminum and Ferrous Alloys and Their Surface Treatments -- chapter 13 Electron Momentum Spectroscopy -- chapter 14 Positron Annihilation of Defects in Metals and Alloys -- chapter 15 Atom Probe Characterization of Nanoscale Precipitates in Aluminum Alloys -- chapter 16 Image Processing for Fault Detection in Aluminum Castings.