Non-technical chats on iron and steel, and their application to modern industry
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1917]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- NON-TECHNICAL CHATS ON IRON AND STEEL AND THEIR APPLICATION TO MODERN INDUSTRY
- FOREWORD
- Illustrations are from the following sources:
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I THE EARLY HISTORY OF IRON
- CHAPTER II THE RAW MATERIALS
- Iron Ore
- CHAPTER III THE OTHER RAW MATERIALS
- Charcoal
- Coke
- The Beehive Oven Process
- The By-product Process
- Coal
- Fluxes
- CHAPTER IV THE BLAST FURNACE
- 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
- CHAPTER VI WROUGHT IRON
- Bushelled Iron
- CHAPTER VII CEMENTATION AND CRUCIBLE STEELS
- CHAPTER VIII BESSEMER STEEL
- CHAPTER IX THE OPEN-HEARTH PROCESS
- CHAPTER X CAST IRON
- CHAPTER XI CAST IRON (Continued)
- CHAPTER XII MALLEABLE CAST IRON
- CHAPTER XIII CAST STEEL
- CHAPTER XIV THE ALLOY STEELS
- Manganese Steel
- Silicon Steels
- Molybdenum Steels
- Tungsten Steels
- Nickel Steel
- Chrome and Nickel-Chrome Steels
- Chrome-Vanadium Steels
- CHAPTER XV THE HIGH-SPEED STEELS
- CHAPTER XVI THE MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF STEEL
- Forging
- Drop Forgings
- Forging of Large Pieces by Hydraulic Press
- Forging vs. Rolling
- 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
- CHAPTER XVIII THE ROLLING OF RODS
- The Belgian Mill
- The Bedson Continuous Mill
- The Morgan Continuous Mill
- The Garrett Mill
- CHAPTER XIX WIRE AND WIRE DRAWING
- CHAPTER XX THE MANUFACTURE OF PIPE AND TUBES
- The Butt-Weld Process
- Lap-Welded Pipes
- CHAPTER XXI THE MANUFACTURE OF SEAMLESS STEEL TUBES
- 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?
- CHAPTER XXIII THE EQUILIBRIUM DIAGRAM OF THE IRON-CARBON ALLOYS
- The “Eutectic”
- Transformations and Decompositions
- The Cast Irons
- 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
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