Steels_ Metallurgy and Applications, Third Edition

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Controlled processed bars

Normalized steels

Quenched and tempered steels

High-carbon wire rod

Rod rolling and conditioning

Wire drawing

Micro-alloy, high-carbon rod

References

4 Stainless steels

Overview

Underlying metallurgical principles

Composition-structure relationships

Iron-chromium alloys

Iron-chromium-nickel alloys

Other alloy additions

Commercial grades of stainless steels

Martensitic stainless steels

Ferritic stainless steels

Austenitic stainless steels

Controlled transformation stainless steels

Steel prices

Corrosion resistance

Intergranular corrosion

Pitting corrosion

Stress corrosion cracking

High-alloy stainless steels

High-alloy austenitic/duplex grades

High-alloy ferritic grades

Welding of stainless steels

Martensitic stainless steels

Austenitic stainless steels

Ferritic stainless steels

Variable weld penetration

Cold working of stainless steels

Role of alloying elements

Work hardening of commercial grades

Optimization of cold-forming properties

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