Properties and Selection

International, A. (1990). Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels, and High-Performance Alloys.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1990

DOI

10.31399/asm.hb.v01.9781627081610

DOI registrant

ASM International

Link

https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.hb.v01.9781627081610

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Domain-specific

• Tempering
  • Quenched-and-tempered structural and engineering steels — the workhorse case: pressure vessels, structural members, automotive crankshafts, and shafting are tempered after quench to recover impact toughness while keeping most of the hardness. Tool and die steels — high-speed and hot-work tool steels are tempered into the secondary-hardening window (Cr/Mo/V carbides at 450–550 °C), where tempering deliberately raises hardness and red-hardness. Bearing and spring steels — tempering sets the precise hardness-toughness and fatigue balance these high-cycle parts require. Cutlery and edged tools — blades are tempered after quench so the edge holds without chipping or snapping under impact. Bearing-grade and cast-iron heat treatment — controlled tempering of white cast iron yields malleable iron, the same partial-relaxation logic applied to a cast microstructure

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