Non-technical Chats on Iron and Steel

About this eBook

Author

Spring, La Verne W. (La Verne Ward), 1876-

Title

Non-technical chats on iron and steel, and their application to modern industry

Original Publication

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1917.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by The Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TS: Technology: Manufactures

Subject

Iron

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73090

Release Date

March 3, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.NON-TECHNICAL CHATS ON IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR APPLICATION TO MODERN INDUSTRY
2. 2.FOREWORD — Illustrations are from the following sources:
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I THE EARLY HISTORY OF IRON
5. 5.CHAPTER II THE RAW MATERIALS — Iron Ore
6. 6.CHAPTER III THE OTHER RAW MATERIALS — Charcoal — Coke — The Beehive Oven Process — The By-product Process — Coal — Fluxes
7. 7.CHAPTER IV THE BLAST FURNACE
8. 8.CHAPTER V A GENERAL GLIMPSE AHEAD — The Metallographic Method of Classification — Classification by Chemical Analysis and by Physical Tests — Volumetric Analysis of the Iron Alloys
9. 9.CHAPTER VI WROUGHT IRON — Bushelled Iron
10. 10.CHAPTER VII CEMENTATION AND CRUCIBLE STEELS
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII BESSEMER STEEL
12. 12.CHAPTER IX THE OPEN-HEARTH PROCESS
13. 13.CHAPTER X CAST IRON
14. 14.CHAPTER XI CAST IRON ( Continued )
15. 15.CHAPTER XII MALLEABLE CAST IRON
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII CAST STEEL
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV THE ALLOY STEELS — Manganese Steel — Silicon Steels — Molybdenum Steels — Tungsten Steels — Nickel Steel — Chrome and Nickel-Chrome Steels — Chrome-Vanadium Steels
18. 18.CHAPTER XV THE HIGH-SPEED STEELS
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI THE MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF STEEL — Forging — Drop Forgings — Forging of Large Pieces by Hydraulic Press — Forging vs. Rolling
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII THE ROLLING PROCESS — The “Two-High” Mill — The “Three-High” Mill — The Reversing Mill — “Breaking-Down” the Ingot — The Rolling of Steel Plates — Sheets — The Rolling of Rails and Structural Shapes — Specifications and Inspection
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII THE ROLLING OF RODS — The Belgian Mill — The Bedson Continuous Mill — The Morgan Continuous Mill — The Garrett Mill
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX WIRE AND WIRE DRAWING
23. 23.CHAPTER XX THE MANUFACTURE OF PIPE AND TUBES — The Butt-Weld Process — Lap-Welded Pipes
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI THE MANUFACTURE OF SEAMLESS STEEL TUBES
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII TRANSFORMATIONS AND STRUCTURES OF THE STEELS — The “Point of Recalescence” — Loss of Magnetism — Dilatation and Conductivity — Recalescence Indicates the Hardening Point — Steels of Other Composition — The Meaning of the Points — The Structures of Quenched and Unquenched Steel — Tempering or Drawing — How and Why Do the Steels Harden?
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII THE EQUILIBRIUM DIAGRAM OF THE IRON-CARBON ALLOYS — The “Eutectic” — Transformations and Decompositions — The Cast Irons
27. 27.REFERENCES — GENERAL & VARIOUS — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTERS X & XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII — CHAPTERS XIV & XV — CHAPTER XVI — CHAPTER XVII — CHAPTERS XVIII & XIX — CHAPTERS XX & XXI — CHAPTERS XXII & XXIII
28. 28.INDEX

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