Practical Heat Treating: Basic Principles
Chapter 9: Heat Treatment of Stainless Steels
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Published:2020
Abstract
This chapter discusses the composition and classification of stainless steels and focuses on the processes involved in heat treatment and applications of these steels. The wrought and the cast stainless steels covered are ferritic, austenitic, duplex (ferritic-austenitic), martensitic, and precipitation-hardening. In addition, information on special considerations for stainless steel castings is also provided. The heat treatment processes explained in the chapter are preheating, annealing, stress relieving, hardening, tempering, austenite conditioning, heat aging, and nitride surface hardening. Finally, some special considerations for stainless steel castings are discussed.
Heat Treatment of Stainless Steels, Practical Heat Treating: Basic Principles, By Jon L. Dossett, ASM International, 2020, p 233–283, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.phtbp.t59310233
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