Krauss, George,  1933- <br/><br/>
Steels :  processing, structure, and performance / 
George Krauss. 
 - Second edition. 
 - xxii, 682 pages :  illustrations (some color) ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Purpose of text, microstructure and analysis, steel definitions, and specifications -- History and primary steel processing -- Phases and structures -- Pearlite, ferrite, and cementite -- Martensite -- Bainite -- Ferritic microstructures -- Austenite in steel -- Primary processing effects on steel microstructure and properties -- Isothermal and continuous cooling transformation diagrams -- Deformation, strengthening, and fracture of ferritic microstructures -- Low-carbon steels -- Normalizing, annealing, and spheroidizing treatments; ferrite/pearlite and spherical carbides -- Non-martensitic strengthening of medium-carbon steels-microalloying and bainitic strengthening -- High-carbon steels-fully pearlitic microstructures and wire and rail applications -- Hardness and hardenability -- Tempering of steel -- Deformation, mechanical properties, and fracture of quenched and tempered carbon steels -- Low toughness and embrittlement phenomena in steels -- Residual stresses, distortion, and heat treatment -- Surface hardening -- Surface modification -- Stainless steels -- Tool steels -- Appendix: Hardness conversions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>162708083X 9781627080835 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014957774 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Steel.<br/>Steel.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA472  / .K68 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.17