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Machinable steels
Machinability testing
Role of free cutting additives
Low-carbon free cutting steels
Medium-carbon free cutting steels
Machinable low-alloy steels
Machinable stainless steelsSteels for gas containers
Steel compositions
Design and manufacture
Hydrogen gas containers
Higher-strength steelsBearing steels
Bearing fatigue testing
Factors affecting fatigue performance
Modem steelmaking methodsHigh-speed steels
Role of alloying elements
Heat treatment
Standard specifications and usesMaraging steels
Metallurgy
Commercial grades
Corrosion behaviour
ApplicationsSteels for steam power turbines
Turbine casings
HP and IP rotors
LP rotors
Turbine generator end tings
Turbine bolts
Turbine bladesMedium-high-carbon pearlitic steelsRail steels
Rail steel specifications
Wear resistance of rails
Austenitic 14% Mn railsMicro-alloy forging steels
Metallurgical considerations
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