Piping data book

Throw out that pile of catalogs,journals,manuals,and battered textbooks. Get ready for a clean desk and tons less aggravation because the answers you used to dig for are right here. Whether it's the thermal conductivity of insulation materials or a conversion factor for viscosity,sizes and types of metallic or nonmetallic pipe or fitting dimensions,manufacturers' names or that elusive bit of terminology,the Piping Data Book will spare you hours of frustrating fact-hunting. It's packed with material that mechanical,chemical,process,and civil engineers,architects,facility managers,installers and operators,HVAC personnel,and other professionals use in designing,planning,specifying,ordering,and problem-solving every day. Look inside to see how much easier it can be to:

*Specify pipe and components with cost-cutting comparisons of design criteria
*Design systems for new uses with easy-to-find equations,tabular product data,photos,U.S. and international codes and standards
*Select and specify domestic or international materials for piping elements to save time and cost
*Do quick conversions with metrification and other fast-lookup tables and charts
*Find all major manufacturers,suppliers,fabricators,installers,and testing companies for the part or system you need at a glance
*See pipes,fittings,parts,and piping specialty items in illustrations before you order
*Selectand specify insulation material and the insulation thickness without making time-consuming calculations
*Find types of pipe supports and hangers; select support spans for metallic and nonmetallic piping systems
*Discover innovations in products,applications,and procedures
*Find answers on abbreviations,acronyms,terminology,professional organizations,computer programs,and so much more

The name Nayyar practically equals piping. And this new resource from the Editor-in-Chief and an author of the field's best-selling Piping Handbook proves it with a desk reference that puts all the practical answers you want a lookup away. Mohinder Nayyar's Piping Data Book can save you hundreds of work hours and your company thousands of dollars. It's the one guide you'll keep close by and refuse to lend.

• Sect. 1 Terminology and Units
• Ch. 1 Terminology
• Ch. 2 Systems of Units and Conversion Tables
• Sect. 2 Piping Materials
• Ch. 3 Metallic Piping Materials
• Ch. 4 Nonmetallic Piping Materials
• Sect. 3 Metallic Piping
• Ch. 5 ASME Wrought Pipe, Fitting, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 6 API Pipe, Flanges, Fittings, and Joints
• Ch. 7 AWWA Pipe, Fittings, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 8 MSS Fittings and Flanges
• Ch. 9 Cast Iron Pipe, Fittings, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 10 Ductile Iron Pipe, Fittings, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 11 Malleable Iron and Gray Iron Fittings
• Ch. 12 Copper and Copper Alloy Pipe, Fittings, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 13 Aluminum and Aluminum Alloy Pipe and Tube, Fittings, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 14 Titanium and Titanium Alloy Pipe and Tube, Zirconium and Zirconium Alloy Pipe and Tube
• Sect. 4 Piping Joints and Fabrication of Piping
• Ch. 15 Piping Joints
• Ch. 16 Fabrication of Piping
• Sect. 5 Nonmetallic Piping
• Ch. 17 PVC Plastic Pipes, Fittings, and Joints
• Ch. 18 CPVC Pipe, Tube, Fittings, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 19 Polyethylene Pipe, Fittings, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 20 Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS) Pipe, Fittings, and Joints
• Ch. 21 Fiberglass Pipe, Fittings, Flanges, and Joints
• Ch. 22 Prestressed Concrete Cylinder and Reinforced Concrete Pressure Pipe, Fittings, and Joints
• Ch. 23 Glass Pipe, Fittings, and Joints
• Ch. 24 Vitrified Clay Pipe, Fittings, and Joints
• Sect. 6 Lined Piping
• Ch. 25 Lined Piping
• Sect. 7 Pipe Supports
• Ch. 26 Pipe Supports and Hangers for Metallic Piping
• Ch. 27 Pipe Supports and Hangers for Nonmetallic Piping
• Sect. 8 Gaskets
• Ch. 28 Types of Gaskets: Selection, Application, and Installation
• Sect. 9 Resource List
• Ch. 29 Manufacturers, Suppliers, and Fabricators of Piping and Specialty Items