Skip to Main Content
Engineering Materials Technology, 2nd Edition
book

Engineering Materials Technology, 2nd Edition

by William Bolton
October 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
468 pages
20h 15m
English
Newnes
Content preview from Engineering Materials Technology, 2nd Edition
Ferrous alloys 209
Mild steel is a general purpose steel and is used where hardness and tensile
strength are not the most important requirements. Typical applications are
sections for use as joists in buildings, bodywork for cars and ships, screws,
nails,
wire. Medium-carbon steel is used for agricultural tools, fasteners,
dynamo and motor shafts, crankshafts, connecting rods, gears. High-carbon
steel is used for withstanding wear, where hardness is a more necessary
requirement than ductility. It is used for machine tools, saws, hammers, cold
chisels, punches, axes, dies, taps, drills, razors. The main use of high-carbon
steel is thus as a
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Engineering Materials 2

Engineering Materials 2

William Bolton
Adhesives Technology Handbook, 3rd Edition

Adhesives Technology Handbook, 3rd Edition

Sina Ebnesajjad, Arthur H. Landrock

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781483141077