ASM Handbook Volume 4D is packed with information and knowledge for anyone who uses or works with heat treated steels or cast irons. Written and reviewed by recognized authorities, this new handbook gives you in-depth articles with details on the processing and properties for all significant applications and types of heat treated ferrous alloys. New content includes not only updates on new alloys, but also expanded coverage on the effects of heat treating on the properties for more carbon and low-alloy steels, tool steels, stainless steels, and other high-alloy grades. New articles also describe important topics such as stainless steel surface hardening, heat treatment of steel gears, bearings, boron steels, and precipitation hardening copper steels, and more. From the basic principles of design, steel selection, and the importance of metallurgical structure on properties, this new handbook can help you work out heat treating solutions.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Heat Treatment Problems Associated with Design and Steel Selection
Steel Selection for Hardening
Simulation of Steels Prone to Quench Cracking
Selecting Steels for Case Hardening
Selection of Carburizing Steels
Microstructure and Properties of Carburized Steels
Nitriding Structure and Properties of Nitrided Layers
HEAT TREATING OF CARBON AND LOW-ALLOY STEELS
Heat Treating of Carbon Steels
Heat Treating of Low-Alloy Steels
Heat Treating of Air Hardening High-Strength Structural Steels
Heat Treating of Boron Steels
Heat Treatment of Copper Precipitation-Strengthened Steels
Heat Treatment of Steel Gears
Heat Treatment of Bearing Steels
Forge and Direct Heat Treatment Processes and Technologies
Heat Treated Powder Metallurgy Steels
TOOL STEELS
Introduction to Heat Treatment of Tool Steels
Processes and Furnace Equipment for Heat Treating of Tool Steels
Distortion in Tool Steels
Control of Distortion in Tool Steels
Heat Treating of Cold-Work Tool Steels―Low- and Un-Alloyed Water and Oil Hardening Steels
Heat Treating of Cold-Work Tool Steels―Medium-Alloy Air-Hardening, High-Carbon High-Chromium, and High-Vanadium-Powder Metallurgy Steels
Heat Treating of Hot-Work Tool Steels
Heat Treating of High-Speed Tool Steels
Heat Treating of Mold Steels and Corrosion-Resistant Tool Steels
HEAT TREATED HIGH ALLOY STEELS
Heat Treating of Ferritic Stainless Steels
Heat Treating of Austenitic and Duplex Stainless Steels
Heat Treating of Martensitic Stainless Steels
Heat Treating of Precipitation-Hardenable Stainless Steels and Iron-Base Superalloys
Nitriding of Stainless Steels
Low-Temperature Surface Hardening of Stainless Steels
Low-Temperature Carburization of Austenitic Stainless Steels
Heat Treating of High-Alloy Nickel-Cobalt Steels
Heat Treating of Maraging Steels
HEAT TREATMENT OF CAST IRONS
Introduction to Cast Iron Heat Treatment
Heat Treatment of Gray Iron
Heat Treatment and Properties of Ductile Iron
Heat Treatment of Malleable and Compacted-Graphite Irons
Heat Treating of High-Alloy White Cast Irons
Heat Treatment of High-Alloy Graphitic Irons
REFERENCE INFORMATION
Iron-Carbon Phase Diagrams
Austenitizing and Typical Heat Treatment Temperatures for Steels
Temper Color for Steels
Hardenability Bands of Alloy Steels
Steel Cross Reference: AISI/SAE to Other Designation
Steel Cross Reference to AISI/SAE Designations
Steel Hardness Conversions
Thermal Properties of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels
Index