Description

This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on the hardening, tempering, annealing, and case-hardening of various kinds of steel, including high-speed, high-carbon, alloy, and low carbon steels.

Heat-Treatment of Steel is highly recommended for modern metal work enthusiasts and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature.

The contents include:

1. - Hardening Carbon Steels

1. - Heating the Steel for Hardening

1. - Quenching and Tempering

1. - Heat-Treatment of High-Speed Steel

1. - Heat-Treatment of Alloy Steels

1. - Heat-Treatment of Steel by the Electric Furnace

1. - Metallic-Salt Bath Electric Furnace

1. - Miscellaneous types of Electric Furnaces

Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work.