Ferrous Materials

Part A Fundamentals of ferrous materials A.1 Constitution A.1.1 Pure Iron A.1.2 Iron-carbon A.1.3 Iron alloys A.2 Microstructure A.2.1 Near-equilibrium structures A.2.2 Non-equilibrium structures A.2.3 Morphology of cementite and graphite A.3 Heat treatment A.3.1 Annealing treatments A.3.2 Hardening and related treatments A.3.3 Surface treatments A.3.4 Side effects A.4 Properties A.4.1 Mechanical properties A.4.2 Tribological properties A.4.3 Chemical properties A.4.4 Special physical properties Part B Ferrous materials and their application B.1 Materials for general use B.1.1 Carbon steels B.1.2 Cast irons B.2 High strength materials B.2.1 Weldable rolled steels B.2.2 Forged steels with integrated heat treatment B.2.3 Heat treated constructional steels B.2.4 Heat treated cast irons B.3 Materials for surface treatment B.3.1 Materials for surface hardening B.3.2 Nitriding steels B.3.3 Case-hardening steels B.4 Tools for processing minerals B.4.1 Material concept B.4.2 Tools made of hot-worked steels B.4.3 Cast tools B.4.4 Coated tools B.5 Tools for processing metals and polymers B.5.1 Cold-work tool steels B.5.2 Steels for polymer processing B.5.3 Hot-work tool steels B.5.4 Tools for metal cutting B.6 Chemically resistant materials B.6.1 General comments B.6.2 Stainless steels B.6.3 Heat-resistant steels B.6.4 Cast irons B.7 Creep resistant steels B.7.1 Properties B.7.2 Key applications B.8 Functional materials B.8.1 Soft magnetic materials B.8.2 Hard magnetic materials B.8.3 Non-magnetic materials B.8.4 Materials of special thermal expansion B.8.5 Shape memory alloys B.8.6 Materials for electrical heating Appendix C.1 Designation of steels and cast-iron along European Standards EN C.2 Short history of iron C.3 References to figures and tables

Hans Berns war bis 2000 Inhaber des Lehrstuhls Werkstofftechnik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum