| Description |
xix, 613 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : purpose of text, steel definitions and specifications -- History and primary steel processing -- Phases and structures -- Pearlite, ferrite, and cementite -- Martensite -- Bainite -- Ferritic microstructures -- Austenite in steel -- Primary processing effects on steel microstructure and properties -- Isothermal and continuous cooling transformation diagrams -- Deformation, strengthening, and fracture of ferritic microstructures -- Low carbon steels -- Normalizing, annealing, and spheroidizing treatments : ferrite/pearlite microstructures in medium-carbon steels -- Non-martensitic strengthening of medium-carbon steels : microalloying and bainitic strengthening -- High-carbon steels : fully pearlitic microstructures and applications -- Hardness and hardenability -- Tempering of steel -- Deformation, mechanical properties and factor of quench and tempered carbon steels -- Low toughness and embrittlement phenomena in steels -- Residual stresses, distortion, and heat treatment -- Surface hardening -- Surface modification -- Stainless steels -- Tool steels -- Appendix 1. Glossary of selected terms -- Appendix 2. Hardness conversions -- Appendix 3. Temperature conversions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Steel.
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| LC no. |
2005042105 |
| ISBN |
0871708175 |
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9780871708175 |
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