Steel Heat Treatment Handbook Metallurgy And Technologies

834 Pages·2006·35.36 MB·English

by  George E. Totten

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Preface
The first edition of the Steel Heat Treatment Handbook was initially released in 1997. The
objective of that book was to provide the reader with well-referenced information on the
subjects covered with sufficient depth and breadth to serve as either an advanced under-
graduateorgraduateleveltextonheattreatment orasacontinuinghandbookreference for
thedesignerorpracticingengineer.However,sincetheinitialreleaseofthefirsteditionofthe
Steel Heat Treatment Handbook, there have been various advancements in the field that
needed to be addressed to assure up-to-date coverage of the topic. This text, Steel Heat
Treatment:MetallurgyandTechnologies,ispart ofarevisionoftheearlier text.Someofthe
chaptersinthistext areupdatedrevisionsoftheearlierbookandothers arecompletely new
chapters orrevisions. Thesechapters include:
Chapter 1. Steel Nomenclature (Revision)
Chapter 2. Classification and Mechanisms ofSteel Transformations (New Chapter)
Chapter 3. Fundamental ConceptsinSteel Heat Treatment (Minor Revisions)
Chapter 4. EffectsofAlloyingElementsontheHeatTreatmentofSteel(MinorRevisions)
Chapter 5. Hardenability(Minor Revisions)
Chapter 6. Steel Heat Treatment(Minor Revisions)
Chapter 7. Heat Treatmentwith Gaseous Atmospheres (Revision)
Chapter 8. NitridingTechniques,FerriticNitrocarburizing,andAusteniticNitrocarburiz-
ing Techniques and Methods (Revision)
Chapter 9. Quenching and QuenchingTechnology (Revision)
Chapter10. Distortion ofHeat-Treated Components (New Chapter)
Chapter11. Tool Steels(New Chapter)
Chapter12. StainlessSteel Heat Treatment(New Chapter)
Chapter13. Heat Treatmentof Powder Metallurgy Steel Components(New Chapter)
Approximatelya third ofthe book isnewand a third of thebook issignificantly revised
versus the first edition of the Steel Heat Treatment Handbook. This new text is current with
respecttoheattreatmenttechnologyatthispointatthebeginningofthe21stcenturyandis
considerably broader incoverage but with the same depth and thoroughness that character-
ized thefirst edition.
Unfortunately, my close friend, colleague and mentor, Dr. Maurice A.H. Howes, who
helpedtobringthefirsteditionofSteelHeatTreatmentHandbookintofruitionwasunableto
assistinthepreparationofthissecondedition.However,Ihaveendeavoredtokeepthesame
consistencyandrigorofcoverageaswellasbetruetotheoriginalvisionthatwehadforthis
textasawayofservingtheheattreatmentindustrysothatthisbookwillbeavalueresource
to thereader in thefuture.
GeorgeE. Totten,Ph.D.,FASM
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
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Editor
GeorgeE.Totten,Ph.D.ispresidentofG.E.Totten&Associates,LLCinSeattle,Washing-
tonandavisitingprofessorofmaterialsscienceatPortlandStateUniversity.Heiscoeditorof
a number of books including Steel Heat Treatment Handbook, Handbook of Aluminum,
Handbook of Hydraulic Fluid Technology, Mechanical Tribology, and Surface Modification
and Mechanisms (all titles of CRC Press), as well as the author or coauthor of over 400
technicalpapers,patents,andbooksonlubrication,hydraulics,andthermalprocessing.Heis
a Fellow of ASM International, SAE International, and the International Federation for
Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (IFHTSE), and a member of other professional
organizations including ACS, ASME, and ASTM. He formerly served as president of
IFHTSE. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck,
New Jersey and a Ph.D. degree from New York University, New York.
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