Table of Contents

1. General introduction; 2. Early history of iron and steel; 3. Modern steel making; 4. Constitution of carbon steels; 5. Plastic strength; 6. Annealing; 7. Deformation mechanisms and crystallographic textures; 8. Substitutional solid solutions; 9. Interstitial solid solutions; 10. Diffusion; 11. Strain aging; 12. Austenite transformation; 13. Hardenability; 14. Tempering and surface hardening; 15. Low-carbon steel; 16. Sheet steel formability; 17. Alloy steels; 18. Other steels; 19. Stainless steels; 20. Fracture; 21. Cast irons; 22. Magnetic behavior of iron and steel; Appendix 1. Physical properties of pure iron; Appendix 2. Approximate hardness conversions and tensile strengths of steels.

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Complete coverage of iron and steel: history, production, steel and cast iron types and properties and information on heat treatment.

About the Author

William Hosford is Professor Emeritus of Materials Science at the University of Michigan. He is the author of numerous research publications, and the following books: The Mechanics of Crystals and Textured Polycrystals (1993), Physical Metallurgy (Materials Engineering) (2005), Materials Science: An Intermediate Text (2007), Materials for Engineers (2008), Mechanical Behavior of Materials, 2nd edition (2009), Solid Mechanics (2010), Physical Metallurgy, 2nd edition (2010), Metal Forming: Mechanics and Metallurgy, 4th edition with Robert M. Caddell (2011).