FundamentalsoftheHeatTreatingofSteel-ASMInternational.PDFVIP

© 2006 ASM International. All Rights Reserved. Practical Heat Treating, Second Edition (#05144G) CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals of the Heat Treating of Steel BEFORE CONSIDERATION can be given to the heat treatment of steel or other iron-base alloys, it is helpful to explain what steel is. The common dictionary definition is “a hard, tough metal composed of iron, alloyed with various small percentage of carbon and often variously with other metals such as nickel, chromium, manganese, etc.” Although this defini- tion is no