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Alloying elements in steel / by Edgar C. Bain and Harold W. Paxton
- Author
- Bain, Edgar Collins, 1891-1971
- Published
- Metals Park, Ohio : American Society for Metals, [1966].
- Edition
- 2d. ed. 3d rev. print.
- Physical Description
- x. 291 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Paxton, Harold W.
- Contents
- Fundamental characteristics of steels -- Carbon steels -- Need for alloy steels -- Alloying elements in unhardened steel -- Distribution of the alloying elements in annealed steel -- Effects of alloying elements on ferrite -- Effects of alloying elements on carbide -- Effects of alloying elements in nonmetallic inclusions -- Effects of alloying elements in intermetallic compounds -- Effects of alloying elements in dispersed metallic particles -- Effects of alloying elements in forming austenite -- Alloying elements in steel rendered austenitic for hardening -- Alloy distribution in heated steels -- Effects of the elements in hardening steel -- Characteristics of the austenite-martensite transformation -- Concepts of hardenability -- Effects of alloying elements on hardenability -- Unique structures in alloy steels -- Effects of alloying elements in tempering -- Nature of the tempering reaction -- Retardation of softening and secondary hardness -- Similarities in tempered alloy steels -- Loss of toughness in intermediate tempering -- Tempering of structures other than martensite -- Steels rendered inhomogeneous -- Recapitulation -- Transformations in steels during continuous cooling -- Relation to isothermal transformation curves -- Microstructures -- Properties of microstructures resulting from continuous cooling.
- Subject(s)
- Note
- First ed. published in 1939 under title: Functions of the alloying elements in steel.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographies.
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