Accession Number:

ADA361141

Title:

Heat Treatment and Properties of Iron and Steel

Descriptive Note:

Monographs

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS GAITHERSBURG MD

Personal Author(s):

• Digges, Thomas G.
• Rosenberg, Samuel J.
• Geil, Glenn W.

Report Date:

1966-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

48.0

Abstract:

This monograph is a revision of the previous NBS Monograph 18. Its purpose is to provide an understanding of the heat treatment of iron and steels, principally to those unacquainted with this subject. The basic principles involved in the heat treatment of these materials are presented in simplified form.. General heat treatment procedures are given for annealing, normalizing, hardening, tempering, case hardening, surface hardening, and special treatments such as austempering, ausforming, martempering and cold treatment. Chemical compositions, heat treatments, and some properties and uses are presented for structural steels, tool steels, stainless and heat-resisting steels, precipitation-hardenable stainless steels and nickel-maraging steels.

Descriptors:

• *STEEL
• *HEAT TREATMENT
• *IRON
• ANNEALING
• LOW TEMPERATURE
• STAINLESS STEEL
• AUSTENITE
• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
• SURFACE PROPERTIES
• NICKEL STEELS
• TEMPERING
• MARTENSITE
• HOT WORKING
• PHYSICAL METALLURGY
• CASE HARDENING
• HEAT RESISTANT METALS
• MARAGING STEELS
• TOOL STEEL

Subject Categories:

• Metallurgy and Metallography
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE