Steel - Its Selection, Annealing, Hardening and Tempering

by Edward Russell Markham

Book Overview

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the subject of steel, exploring in particular how it is selected, hardened, and annealed. "Annealing" refers to a hardening process whereby steel is heated above the re-crystallization temperature and subsequently cooled in a furnace, water, or oil. Tempering is a process that removes "stress" by heating steel below the re-crystallization temperature and then is cooling it in the air. This volume contains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1528709217
• ISBN13: 9781528709217
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Old Hand Books
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"