ASM Specialty Handbook : Stainless Steels

Your single resource for stainless information-culled from the asm handbooks

Includes : Introduction to Stainless Steels-Metallurgy and properties of wrought and cast stainless steels, powder metallurgy, cladding and weld overlays, melting, refining and recycling.Corrosion Behavior-Atmospheric and aqueous corrosion, stress-corrosion cracking and hydrogen embrittlement, high-temperature corrosion, corrosion of cast stainless, corrosion of weldments.Fabrication and Finishing-Forming, forging and extrusion, heat treating, machining, welding, brazing, soldering, adhesive boding, surface engineering.Metallography, Microstructures and Phase Diagrams-Metallographic practices and microstructures of wrought stainless; metallography and microstructures of cast stainless; phase diagrams.Properties of Stainless Steels-Physical properties, low-temperature properties, elevated-temperature properties, tribology properties.

Contents

Section 1: Introduction to Stainless Steels
General Introduction
Metallurgy and Properties of Wrought Stainless Steels
Metallurgy and Properties of Cast Stainless Steels
Powder Metallurgy Stainless Steels
Stainless Steel Cladding and Weld Overlays
Melting and Refining Methods
Recycling Technology

Section 2: Corrosion Behavior
Atmospheric and Aqueous Corrosion 
Stress-Corrosion Cracking and Hydrogen Embrittlement
High-Temperature Corrosion
Corrosion of Cast Stainless Steels
Corrosion of Weldments

Section 3 : Fabrication and Finishing
Forming
Forging and Extrusion
Heat Treating 
Machining
Welding
Brazing, Soldering, and Adhesive Bonding
Surface Engineering

Section 4: Metallography, Microstructures, and Phase Diagrams
Metallographic Practices for Wrought Stainless Steels
Microstructures of Wrought Stainless Steels
Metallography and Microstructures of Cast Stainless Steels
Phase Diagrams

Section 5: Properties of Stainless Steels
Physical Properties
Low-Temperature Properties
Elevated-Temperature Properties
Tribological Properties
Index

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