Steels : processing, structure, and performance / George Krauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krauss, George, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steel.

Physical Description:

xix, 613 p. : ill. .

Edition:

[2005 ed.]

Place of Publication:

Materials Park, Ohio : ASM International, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance is a comprehensive guide to the broad, dynamic physical metallurgy of steels. The volume is an extensively revised and updated edition of the classic 1990 book Steels: Heat Treatment and Processing Principles. Eleven new chapters expand the coverage in the previous edition, and other chapters have been reorganized and updated. This volume is an essential reference for anyone who makes, uses, studies, or designs with steel. The interrelationships between chemistry, processing, structure, and performance--the elements of physical metallurgy--are integrated for all the types of steel discussed. The evolution, characterization, and performance of steel microstructures are described, with increased emphasis on deformation and fracture. Heat treatment remains a vital aspect of the manufacture of steel products, and the coverage of thermal processing and its effect on steels is expanded in this edition. Dramatic changes in steel manufacture have occurred in the 15 years since the publication of the 1990 edition. Low-carbon sheet steels have experienced the most dynamic changes: thermal processing of sheet steels on a massive continuous scale has produced new grades with only subtle changes in chemistry. Low carbon sheet steels, together with strengthening mechanisms, developments in microalloyed forging steels, steels with bainitic and a variety of ferritic microstructures, quench and tempered steel performance, high-carbon steels for rail and ultra-high strength wire, and the causes of low toughness and embrittlement are all discussed in new chapters. Brief coverage is provided on the history of steel, including the time frame for important developments. A link to steelmaking and solidification is made in the chapter on the effects of primary processing on steel microstructure. The text is meant to be informative, readable, up-to-date, and self-contained. Principles, concepts, and understanding of microstructural evolution and performance, within the framework of processing and properties, are illustrated, by plots of data, micrographs and schematic diagrams. A special effort has been made to include references to the most pertinent books, reviews, and technical papers on a given subject.

Contents:

Processing, Structure, and Performance

Contents

Preface to the 2005 Edition Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance

Preface to the 1990 Edition

Preface to the 1980 Edition

About the Author

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 Fracture 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

Glossary of Selected Terms

Hardness Conversions

Temperature Conversions

Index.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-61503-050-6

OCLC:

729264109