专业英语 第六单元 Internal structure of steel.docVIP

Unit 9 Internal structure of steel Steel is our most important engineering and constructional material; it accounts for approximately 80% of all metal produced. Steel has attained this degree of prominence because it combines strength, ease of fabricability into many shapes, and a wide range of properties along with low cost. Our ability to produce steels for a wide variety of uses, ranging from relatively soft strip steel to hard tool steel, depends in many instances upon suitable heat treatments of a given steel during or after forming. Before considering the heat treatment of steel and oth