Steel: A Manual For Steel-users

About this eBook

Author

Metcalf, William, 1838-1909

Title

Steel : a manual for steel users

Original Publication

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1896.

Credits

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

Language

English

LoC Class

TS: Technology: Manufactures

Subject

Steel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71782

Release Date

October 2, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.STEEL: A MANUAL FOR STEEL-USERS.
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF STEEL AND OF MODES OF ITS MANUFACTURE. — MANUFACTURE OF BLISTER-STEEL. — BESSEMER STEEL.
6. 6.II. APPLICATIONS AND USES OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF STEEL. — CRUCIBLE-CAST STEEL. — BESSEMER STEEL. — OPEN-HEARTH STEEL.
7. 7.III. ALLOY STEELS AND THEIR USES. — CHROME STEEL. — SILICON STEEL. — MANGANESE STEEL. — NICKEL STEEL. — ALUMINUM STEEL.
8. 8.IV. CARBON. — CARBON IN IRON.
9. 9.V. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF STEEL. — EFFECTS OF COOLING. — EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL WORK.
10. 10.VI. HEATING FOR FORGING; FOR HARDENING; FOR WELDING. — BURNING, OVERHEATING, RESTORING. — HEATING FOR HARDENING. — HEATING FOR WELDING. — BURNING IN HEATING.
11. 11.VII. ANNEALING. — OPEN ANNEALING.
12. 12.VIII. HARDENING AND TEMPERING. — AS TO HARDNESS. — HEATING FOR HARDENING. — TEMPER COLORS. — DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRACKS AND SEAMS. — A WORD FOR THE WORKMAN.
13. 13.IX. ON THE SURFACE. — A FEW WORDS IN REGARD TO PICKLING.
14. 14.X. IMPURITIES IN STEEL. — WILD HEATS. — OXYGEN AND NITROGEN. — NITROGEN. — ELEMENTS OF DISINTEGRATION. — ARSENIC.
15. 15.XI. THEORIES OF HARDENING.
16. 16.XII. INSPECTION. — SEAMS.
17. 17.XIII. SPECIFICATIONS. — PHYSICAL PROPERTIES. — CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS. — FINISH AND GENERAL CONDITIONS.
18. 18.XIV. HUMBUGS.
19. 19.XV. CONCLUSIONS. — WHAT TO AVOID.
20. 20.GLOSSARY.
21. 21.Untitled

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