Introduction to Steels: Processing, Properties, and Applications

Chapter 1 Iron Carbon diagram
1.1 Iron Carbon diagram
1.2 Slow cooling of eutectoid composition 
1.3 Slow cooling of hypoeutectoid composition 
1.4 Slow cooling of hypereutectoid composition 
Chapter 2 Heat treatment of steels 
2.1 Annealing
2.2 Normalising
2.3 Hardening
2.4 Hardenability
2.5 Tempering 
2.6 Martempering 
2.7 Austempering
2.8 Ausforming
2.9 Isoforming
2.10 Precipitation heat treatment
Chapter 3 Surface hardening 
3.1 Case hardening
3.2 Chemical surface hardening
Chapter 4 Plain carbon steels
4.1 Low carbon (or) Mild steels
4.2 Medium carbon steels
4.3 High-Carbon Steels
4.4 Applications as engineering material
Chapter 5 Effect of alloying elements in steel
5.1 Effect of alloying elements on iron carbon diagram
5.2 Ferrite stabilisers
5.3 Austenite stabilisers
5.4 Neutral stabiliser
5.5 Effect of various elements as dissolved in ferrite matrix
5.6 Effect of various elements as carbides in ferrite/austenite matrix
5.7 Summary of carbides
5.8 Dispersed metallic particles
5.9 Non Metallic Inclusions
5.10 Intermetallic compounds
5.11 Alloy distribution in austenite
5.12 Effect of alloying elements on hardening
5.13 Effect of alloying elements on hardenability
5.14 Effect of alloying elements on tempering
Chapter 6 Low alloy steels
6.1 Plain carbon steels (1XXX series)
6.2 Nickel steels (2XXX)
6.3 Nickel-Chromium steels (3XXX)
6.4 Molybdenum steels (4XXX)
6.5 Chromium steels (5XXX)
6.6 Vanadium steels (6XXX)
6.7 Tungsten steels (7XXX) 
6.8 Triple alloy steels (8XXX and 9XXX)
6.9 Silicon Steels 
6.10 Boron Steels
6.11 Interstitial free steels
6.12 Applications as engineering material
Chapter 7 High strength steels
7.1 Definition and need of high strength steels
7.2 Types and problems in developing high strength steels
7.3 Metallurgy of High Strength Steels
7.4 Applications particularly for automotives
Chapter 8 High alloy steels
8.1 Maraging steels
8.2 Stainless steels
8.3 Tool steels
Chapter 9 Selection of Materials
9.1 Tools used for selection of materials
9.2 Basics of selection of materials
9.3 Case studies.
Questions
Subjective 
Objective 
Index
Bibliography