ASM Handbook Volume 4D : Heat Treating of Irons and Steels

ASM Handbook Volume 4D is packed with information and knowledge for anyone who uses or works with heat treated steels or cast irons. Written and reviewed by recognized authorities, this new handbook gives you in-depth articles with details on the processing and properties for all significant applications and types of heat treated ferrous alloys. New content includes not only updates on new alloys, but also expanded coverage on the effects of heat treating on the properties for more carbon and low-alloy steels, tool steels, stainless steels, and other high-alloy grades.  New articles also describe important topics such as stainless steel surface hardening, heat treatment of steel gears, bearings, boron steels, and precipitation hardening copper steels, and more. From the basic principles of design, steel selection, and the importance of metallurgical structure on properties, this new handbook can help you work out heat treating solutions.

Foreword
Preface
Policy on Units of Measure
List of Contributors and Reviewers

Part I : Introduction
Chapter 1 : Heat Treatment Problems Associated with Design and Steel Selection
Chapter 2 : Steel Selection for Hardening
Chapter 3 : Simulation of Steels Prone to Quench Cracking
Chapter 4 : Selecting Steels for Case Hardening
Chapter 5 : Selection of Carburizing Steels
Chapter 6 : Microstructure and Properties of Carburized Steels
Chapter 7 : Nitriding Structure and Properties of Nitrided Layers

Part II : Heat Treating of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels
Chapter 8 : Heat Treating of Carbon Steels
Chapter 9 : Heat Treating of Low-Alloy Steels
Chapter 10 : Heat Treating of Air Hardening High-Strength Structural Steels
Chapter 11 : Heat Treating of Boron Steels
Chapter 12 : Heat Treatment of Copper Precipitation-Strengthened Steels
Chapter 13 : Heat Treatment of Steel Gears
Chapter 14 : Heat Treatment of Bearings
Chapter 15 : Forge and Direct Heat Treatment Processes and Technologies
Chapter 16 : Heat Treatment of Powder Metallurgy Steels

Part III : Tool Steels
Chapter 17 : Introduction to Heat Treating of Tool Steels
Chapter 18 : Processes and Furnace Equipment for Heat Treating of Tool Steels
Chapter 19 : Distortion in Tool Steels
Chapter 20 : Control of Distortion in Tool Steels
Chapter 21 : Heat Treating of Cold-Work Tool Steels : Low- and Un-Alloyed Water and Oil Hardening Steels
Chapter 22 : Heat Treating of Cold-Work Tool Steels : Medium-Alloy Air-Hardening, High-Carbon High-Chromium, and High-Vanadium-Powder Metallurgy Steels
Chapter 23 : Heat Treating of Hot-Work Tool Steels
Chapter 24 : Heat Treating of High-Speed Tool Steels
Chapter 25 : Heat Treating of Mold Steels and Corrosion-Resistant Tool Steels

Part IV : Heat Treated High-Alloy Steels
Chapter 26 : Heat Treating of Ferritic Stainless Steels
Chapter 27 : Heat Treating of Austenitic and Duplex Stainless Steels
Chapter 28 : Heat Treating of Martensitic Stainless Steels
Chapter 29 : Heat Treating of Precipitation-Hardenable Stainless Steels and Iron-Base Superalloys
Chapter 30 : Nitriding of Stainless Steels
Chapter 31 : Low-Temperature Surface Hardening of Stainless Steels
Chapter 32 : Low-Temperature Carburization of Austenitic Stainless Steels
Chapter 33 : Heat Treating of High-Alloy Nickel-Cobalt Steels
Chapter 34 : Heat Treating of Maraging Steels

Part V : Heat Treatment of Cast Irons
Chapter 35 : Introduction to Cast Iron Heat Treatment
Chapter 36 : Heat Treatment of Gray Iron
Chapter 37 : Heat Treatment and Properties of Ductile Iron
Chapter 38 : Heat Treatment of Malleable and Compacted-Graphite Irons
Chapter 39 : Heat Treating of High-Alloy White Cast Irons
Chapter 40 : Heat Treatment of High-Alloy Graphitic Irons

Part VI : Reference Information
Appendix A : Iron-Carbon Phase Diagrams
Appendix B : Austenitizing and Typical Heat Treatment Temperatures for Steels
Appendix C : Temper Color for Steels
Appendix D : Hardenability Bands of Alloy Steels
Appendix E : Steel Cross Reference: AISI/SAE to Other Designations
Appendix F : Steel Cross Reference to AISI/SAE Designations
Appendix G : Steel Hardness Conversions
Appendix H : Thermal Properties of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels
Alloy Index
Subject Index