Manufacturing Engineering and Technology, 8th in SI Units by Pearson

Chapter 4

Metal Alloys: Their Structure and Strengthening by Heat Treatment

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Structure of Alloys

4.3 Phase Diagrams

4.4 The Iron–Carbon System

4.5 The Iron–Iron-carbide Phase Diagram and the Development of Microstructures in Steels

4.6 Cast Irons

4.7 Heat Treatment of Ferrous Alloys

4.8 Hardenability of Ferrous Alloys

4.9 Heat Treatment of Nonferrous Alloys and Stainless Steels

4.10 Case Hardening

4.11 Annealing

4.12 Heat Treating Furnaces and Equipment

4.13 Design Considerations for Heat Treating

 

• This chapter reviews the structures of metal alloys, including solid solutions, intermetallic compounds, and two-phase systems.
• Phase diagrams show graphically the phases that develop as a function of alloy composition and temperature. ...