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The Working of Steel: Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel — John Shaqi

The Working of Steel: Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy SteelColvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

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The Working of Steel: Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel

Name: The Working of Steel: Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel
Author: Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)

Steel

TABLE I.--PROPERTIES OF ALLOY STEELS
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     \Manganese,/    \Chromium,/       |Elastic|Tensile  |Elongation|Reduction
Carbon,\ per  /Nickel,\ per  /Vanadium,|limit, |Strength,|in 2 in., | of area,
  per  | cent | per   | cent |per cent |lb. per|lb. per  |per cent  | per cent
  cent |      | cent  |      |         |sq. in.|sq. in.  |          |
-------|------|-------|------|---------|-------|---------|----------|---------
  0.27 | 0.55 |       |      |         | 49,000|  80,000 |    30    |    65
  0.27 | 0.47 |       |      |  0.26   | 66,000|  98,000 |    25    |    52
  0.36 | 0.42 |       |      |         | 58,000|  90,000 |    27    |    60
  0.34 | 0.87 |       |      |  0.13   | 82,500| 103,000 |    22    |    57
  0.45 | 0.50 |       |      |         | 65,000|  96,000 |    22    |    52
  0.43 | 0.60 |       |      |  0.32   | 96,000| 122,000 |    21    |    52
  0.47 | 0.90 |       |      |  0.15   |102,000| 127,500 |    23    |    58
  0.30 | 0.60 | 3.40  |      |         | 75,000| 105,000 |    25    |    67
  0.33 | 0.63 | 3.60  |      |  0.25   |118,000| 142,000 |    17    |    57
  0.30 | 0.49 | 3.60  | 1.70 |         |119,000| 149,500 |    21    |    60
  0.25 | 0.47 | 3.47  | 1.60 |  0.15   |139,000| 170,000 |    18    |    53
  0.25 | 0.50 | 2.00  | 1.00 |         |102,000| 124,000 |    25    |    70
  0.38 | 0.30 | 2.08  | 1.16 |         |120,000| 134,000 |    20    |    57
  0.42 | 0.22 | 2.14  | 1.27 |  0.26   |145,000| 161,500 |    16    |    53
  0.36 | 0.61 | 1.46  | 0.64 |         |117,600| 132,500 |    16    |    58
  0.36 | 0.50 | 1.30  | 0.75 |  0.16   |140,000| 157,500 |    17    |    54
  0.30 | 0.50 |       | 0.80 |         | 90,000| 105,000 |    20    |    50
  0.23 | 0.58 |       | 0.82 |  0.17   |106,000| 124,000 |    21    |    66
  0.26 | 0.48 |       | 0.92 |  0.20   |112,000| 137,000 |    20    |    61
  0.35 | 0.64 |       | 1.03 |  0.22   |132,500| 149,500 |    16    |    54
  0.50 | 0.92 |       | 1.02 |  0.20   |170,000| 186,000 |    15    |    45
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NON-SHRINKING, OIL-HARDENING STEELS

Certain steels have a very low rate of expansion and contraction
in hardening and are very desirable for test plugs, gages, punches
and dies, for milling cutters, taps, reamers, hard steel bushings
and similar work.

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The Working of Steel: Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel

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