Detailed Table of Contents

for

Heat Treatment of Steel

from

Machinery's Handbook, 1924 edition

Sections:

Furnaces and Baths for Heating Steel
Pyrometers
Hardening
Tempering
Annealing
Casehardening
Application and Heat Treatment of S. A. E. Carbon and Alloy Steels

Detail:

Furnaces and Baths for Heating Steel
Steel Heating Furnaces
Heating Steel in Liquid Baths
The Lead Bath
Cyanide of Potassium Bath
Barium Chloride Bath
Disadvantages of Barium Chloride Bath
(table) Baume Gravity and Corresponding Specific Gravities, Weights per Gallon and Calorific Value of Fuel Oil
Characteristics of Fuel Oils

Pyrometers
Thermo-electric Pyrometer
Resistance Pyrometer
Radiation Pyrometer
Optical Pyrometers
Judging Temperatures by Color
Seger Temperature Cones
(table) Melting Temperature of Seger Cones
Calibration of Pyrometers
Calibrating by the Melting Point of Copper
Calibrating by the Freezing Point of Melted Salts

Hardening
Critical Temperatures
Determining Hardening Temperatures
Hardening or Quenching Baths
Oil Quenching Baths
Tanks for Quenching Baths
Hardening High-speed Steel
The Taylor-White Process
Heat-Treatment of Spring Steel
(table) Results of Tests on Spring Steel
Local Hardening
Defects in Hardening
Overheated Steel
Scale on Hardened Steel

Tempering
Tempering by the Color Method
High Temperatures judged by Color, and Colors for Tempering
Tempering in Oil
Flash Point and Fire Test
Tempering in a Lead Bath
(table) Temperatures of Lead Bath Alloys
To Prevent Lead from Sticking to Steel
Pots for Lead Baths
Tempering in Sand
(Fig. 9) Arrangement used for Sand Tempering
(Fig. 10) Tempering by utilizing a Heated Inclined Plate on which the Objects roll down to the Cooling Bath
(table) Tempering Temperatures for Various Tools
Tempering Furnaces
Tempering High-Speed Steel

Annealing
Annealing Steel
Annealing High-speed Steel

Casehardening
Different Methods of Casehardening
Casehardening Packing Boxes
Carbonizing Materials
Steels for Casehardening
Degree and Depth of Hardened Surface
Casehardening for Colors
Gas Process of Casehardening
To Clean Work after Casehardening
Pack-hardening
Casehardening Alloy Steels
Casehardened Gears
Tempered Gears

Application and Heat Treatment of S. A. E. Carbon and Alloy Steels
S. A. E. Specification Numbers for Steels
(chart) Heat Treatments for Carbon and Alloy Steels (Recommended for various steels conforming to S. A. E. specifications)
Ten Per Cent Carbon Steel (Specification No. 1010)
(table) S. A. E. Specifications for Carbon Steel
(table) S. A. E. Specifications for Nickel and Nickel-Chromium Steels
(table) S. A. E. Specifications for Chromium and Chromium-Vanadium Steels
Twenty Per Cent Carbon Steel (Specification No. 1020)
(table) S. A. E. Specifications for Tungsten and Silico-Manganese Steels
Twenty-five Per Cent Carbon Steel (Specification No. 1025)
Thirty-five Per Cent Carbon Steel (Specification No. 1035)
Forty-five Per Cent Carbon Steel (Specification No. 1045)
Ninety-five Per Cent Carbon Steel (Specification No. 1095)
Nickel Steel -- 0.15 Per Cent Carbon (Specification No. 2315)
Nickel Steel -- 0.20 Per Cent Carbon (Specification No. 2320)
Nickel Steel -- 0.30 Per Cent Carbon (Specification No. 2330)
Nickel Steel -- 0.35 Per Cent Carbon (Specification No. 2335)
Nickel Steel -- 0.40 Per Cent Carbon (Specification No. 2340)
Nickel-chromium Steel -- 0.20 Per Cent Carbon (Specification No. 3120)
Other Nickel-chromium Steels
Chromium Steels
(table) Physical Properties of Heat-treated Carbon Steels
Chromium-vanadium Steels
Silico-manganese Steels
(table) Physical Properties of Heat-treated Alloy Steels
(table) Physical Properties of Annealed and Heat-treated Alloy Steels
High-Chromium or "Stainless" Steel
(table) Comparison of Physical Properties for High-Chromium Steels of Different Carbon Content
Cobaltcrom Steel
General Properties of Alloy Steels
Screw Stock

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