The history of stainless steel / Harold M. Cobb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cobb, Harold M.

Contributor:

ASM International.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stainless steel--History.

Stainless steel.

Stainless steel industry--History.

Stainless steel industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (374 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Materials Park, Ohio : ASM International, c2010.

Summary:

The History of Stainless Steel provides a fascinating glimpse into a vital material that we may take for granted today. Stainless steel, called "the miracle metal" and "the crowning achievement of metallurgy" by the prominent metallurgist Carl Zapffe, is a material marvel with an equally fascinating history of people, places, and technology. As stainless steel nears the hundredth anniversary of its discovery, The History of Stainless Steel by Harold Cobb is a fitting perspective on a vital material of our modern life. Aptly called the miracle metal by the renowned metallurgist Carl Zapffe, stainless steel is not only a metallurgical marvel, but its history provides an equally fascinating story of curiosity, competitive persistence, and entrepreneurial spirit. The History of Stainless Steel is the world's first book that captures the unfolding excitement and innovations of stainless steel pioneers and entrepreneurs. Many new insights are given into the work of famous pioneers like Harry Brearley, Elwood Haynes, and Benno Strauss, including significant technical contributions of lesser known figures like William Krivsky. This fascinating history of stainless steel exemplifies the great push of progress in the 20th Century. From the stainless steel cutlery of Brearley in 1913, stainless steel burst on the modern scene in many tangible ways. Excerpted text by William Van Alen, architect of the Chrysler Building, describes the early architectural use of stainless steel. Another historic application of stainless steel is the revolution in rail travel by the Edward G. Budd Company, which built the first light-weight stainless steel passenger trains-with an astounding 90% reduction in fuel costs. This remains recognized today as one of the technological marvels of the modern world. Harold Cobb, a metallurgist who has spent much of his career in the stainless steel industry, uncovers many interesting stories and insights, including a special perspective on the prominent role of stainless steel in the activities of emerging technical societies such as the American Society for Metals and the American Society for Testing and Materials. Amply illustrated and with a 78-page timeline, this publication truly evokes the inspirations created by and from stainless steel.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables and Figures Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Credits

About the Author

Introduction

The Early Discoveries

The Discovery of Chromium (1797)

Michael Faraday Pioneers the Alloying of Steel ( 1820)

Iron-Chromium Alloys and the Production of Ferrochromium (1821)

Woods and Clark Describe an Acid- and Weather- Resistant Alloy (1872)

Discoveries in the 1890s

The Discovery of Martensitic and Ferritic Chromium Stainless Steels (1904)

The Discovery of the Chromium-Nickel Austenitic Stainless Steels ( 1906)

The Discovery of Corrosion Resistance (1908)

Another Important Ferritic Chromium Stainless Steel Is Discovered ( 1911)

Discoveries of the Commercial Usefulness of Stainless Steel

Usefulness of a Martensitic Chromium Stainless Steel Discovered in England and America ( 1911- 1912)

Usefulness of Ferritic Chromium Stainless Steels Discovered in America ( 1911- 1914)

Usefulness of Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steels Discovered in Germany ( 1912)

Usefulness of Chromium-Silicon Steels

The Great Stainless Steel Symposium (1924)

Data on Stainless Steels Presented

History and Patents

An Iron-Chromium-Nickel Alloy

Continuing Role of ASTM

The Life of Harry Brearley (1871-1948)

The Early Years

Brearley Becomes Manager of Firth Brown Research Laboratories

The Firth-Brearley Stainless Steel Syndicate

The American Stainless Steel Company (1918-1936)

Brearley's Later Years

The Early Books and Papers on Stainless Steel ( 1917- 1949)

Paper by Dr. W.H. Hatfield (1917)

Paper on Stellite and Stainless Steel by Elwood Haynes ( 1920)

Stainless Steel Paper by Marble (1920)

Firth-Sterling Steel Company Trade Publication ( 1923)

Paper on Cutlery Stainless Steel by Owen K. Parmiter ( 1924).

Stainless Iron and Steel by John Henry Gill Monypenny ( 1926)

The Book of Stainless Steels (1933 and 1935)

Stainless Steels by Carl Andrew Zapffe (1949)

Appendix: Text of 1920 Paper by W. H. Marble

The Chrysler Building ( 1930) The Miracle on 42nd Street

The First Skyscrapers

Nirosta (18-8) Stainless Steel

The Groundbreaking and Race

Opening Ceremonies

Van Alen's Vision

The Exterior

Edward G. Budd ( 1870- 1946), Inventor and Entrepreneur

The Automobile Body Business

A New Kind of Stainless Steel Arrives in America

Earl Ragsdale's Shot Weld Patent

The World's First Stainless Steel Airplane- The Pioneer

The World's First Stainless Steel Rubber-Tired Train

The Burlington Zephyr

The Flying Yankee

The Mark Twain Zephyr

Transit and Trucking

The War Years

The Postwar Years

A Review of the Budd Era

The Gateway Arch

History of Stainless Steel Melting and Refining

The Wild Process

The Rustless Process

The Linde Argon-Oxygen Decarburization ( AOD) Process

Two New Classes of Stainless Steel

Duplex Stainless Steel

Precipitation-Hardening Steel

Stainless Steel Applications

Household Products

Food Handling

Architecture

Aircraft

Automobiles

Trains

Canada restores a Fleet of Stainless Steel railcars

The Plummer Classification System of Trade Names

The Unified Numbering System (UNS) for Metals and Alloys

The Stainless Steel Numbering System

The Naming and Numbering of Stainless Steels

Early Classes of Stainless Steel

Stainless Steel Trade Names

Standardization

Stainless Steel Bibliography

A Stainless Steel Timeline

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781523163601

1523163607

9781627083560

1627083561

9781615031382

1615031383

OCLC:

704518531