HEAT TREATMENT OF SOFT AND MEDIUM STEELS
CONTENTS CHAPTER PURE IRON SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER SOLUTIONS AND PHASE DIAGRAMS SOLUTIONS PHASE DIAGRAMS SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 2 STEEL AND THE IRON-CARBON PHASE DIAGRAM LOW-CARBON STEELS (HYPOEUTECTOID STEELS) HIGH-CARBON STEELS (HYPEREUTECTOID STEELS) EUTECTOID STEEL (PEARLITE) THE A1, AE1, AC1, AND AR1 NOMENCLATURE SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 3 THE VARIOUS MICROSTRUCTURES OF ROOM-TEMPERATURE STEEL OPTICAL MICROSCOPE IMAGES OF STEEL GRAINS ROOM-TEMPERATURE MICROSTRUCTURES OF HYPO- AND HYPEREUTECTOID STEELS MICROSTRUCTURE OF QUENCHED STEEL SPHEROIDIZED MICROSTRUCTURES SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 4 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES THE TENSILE TEST THE HARDNESS TEST THE NOTCHED IMPACT TEST FATIGUE FAILURE AND RESIDUAL STRESSES SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 5 THE LOW-ALLOY AISI STEELS MANGANESE IN STEEL EFFECT OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS ON THE IRON-CARBON PHASE DIAGRAM SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 6 DIFFUSION—A MECHANISM FOR ATOM MIGRATION WITHIN A METAL CARBURIZING AND DECARBURIZING SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 7 CONTROL OF GRAIN SIZE BY HEAT TREATMENT AND FORGING GRAIN SIZE GRAIN GROWTH NEW GRAINS FORMED BY PHASE TRANSFORMATION NEW GRAINS FORMED BY RECRYSTALLIZATION EFFECT OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 8 HARDENABILITY OF STEEL ISOTHERMAL TRANSFORMATION DIAGRAMS CONTINUOUS TRANSFORMATION (CT) DIAGRAMS THE JOMINY END QUENCH SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 9 TEMPERING EFFECTS OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 10 AUSTENITIZATION SINGLE-PHASE AUSTENITIZATION TWO-PHASE AUSTENITIZATION SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 11 QUENCHING SPECIAL QUENCHING TECHNIQUES CHARACTERIZATION OF QUENCH BATH COOLING PERFORMANCE OIL QUENCHANTS POLYMER QUENCHANTS SALT BATH QUENCHANTS SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 12 STAINLESS STEELS FERRITIC STAINLESS STEELS MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEELS OPTIMIZING MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL FOR CUTLERY APPLICATIONS AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS PRECIPITATION-HARDENING STAINLESS STEELS SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 13 TOOL STEELS TOOL STEEL CLASSI?CATION THE CARBIDES IN TOOL STEELS SPECIAL HEAT TREATMENT EFFECTS WITH TOOL STEELS SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 14 SOLIDI?CATION MICROSEGREGATION GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE POROSITY SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 15 CAST IRONS GRAY AND WHITE CAST IRONS DUCTILE AND MALLEABLE CAST IRON SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 16 SURFACE HARDENING TREATMENT OF STEELS SURFACE HEAT TREATMENTS SURFACE DIFFUSION LAYERS SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR IDEAS IN CHAPTER 17