Steel Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist B-ASM-023

This electronic publication explains the metallurgy of steel and its heat treatment for non-metallurgists. It starts from simple concepts and builds to more complex concepts involved in heat treatment of most all types of steel as well as cast iron.

Contents cover:

• Pure Iron
• Solutions and Phase Diagrams
• Steel and the Fe-C Phase Diagram
• Various Microstructures of Room Temperature Steel
• Mechanical Properties
• Low Alloy AISI Steels
• Diffusion
• Control of Grain Size by Heat Treatment and Forging
• Hardenability of Steel
• Tempering
• Quenching
• Stainless Steels
• Tool Steels
• Solidification
• Cast Irons
• Surface Hardening and more