ASM Handbook Volume 4B : Steel Heat Treating Technologies

Volume 4B expands coverage on equipment, control, troubleshooting, and problems associated with steel heat treating. New articles extensively address distortion and the prevention of cracking—including the modeling and simulation of distortion.  Furnace equipment and controls are described in detail, along with quenching systems and characterization of quenchants for reliable and effective hardening. General process and procedure factors also are introduced—including temperature uniformity of furnaces, calculation of heat treating costs, decarburization, and more.

Preface
Policy on Units of Measure
List of Contributors and Reviewers

Section I : Introduction
Chapter 1 : Steel Heat Treating Process Control : An Introduction
Chapter 2 : Calculation of Heat Treating Costs
Chapter 3 : Problems Associated with Heat Treating  
Chapter 4 : Steel Decarburization : Mechanisms, Models, Prevention, Correction, and Effects on Component Life

Section II : Heat Treatment Systems and Controls
Chapter 5 : Types of Heat Treating Furnaces
Chapter 6 : Furnace Atmospheres for Heat Treating
Chapter 7 : Furnace Atmosphere Controls in Heat Treating
Chapter 8 : Temperature Control in Heat Treating
Chapter 9 : Furnace Controls
Chapter 10 : Vacuum Heat Treating Processes
Chapter 11 : Induction Heat Treating Systems  
Chapter 12 : Salt Bath Heat Treatment and Equipment
Chapter 13 : Fluidized-Bed Heat Treating Equipment
Chapter 14 : Materials for Heat-Treating Furnace Parts, Trays, and Fixtures

Section III : Quenchants and Quenching Technologies
Chapter 15 : Quenchants Used for Heat Treatment of Ferrous Alloys
Chapter 16 : Quenchant Agitation, Design and Characterization
Chapter 17 : Quench Factor Characterization of Quenchants for Hardening of Steel
Chapter 18 : Wire Cooling Curve Analysis
Chapter 19 : Acoustical Characterization
Chapter 20 : Quenching with Molten Metal
Chapter 21 : Nanofluids as Quenchants in Industrial Heat Treatment

Section IV : Distortion and Residual Stresses
Chapter 22 : Basics of Distortion and Stress Generation During Heat Treatment
Chapter 23 : Residual Stresses and Distortion in Quenched and Tempered Steels
Chapter 24 : Residual Stresses and Distortion in Thermochemically Treated Steels
Chapter 25 : Distortion Engineering
Chapter 26 : Modeling and Simulation of Steel Heat Treatment : Prediction of Microstructure, Distortion, Residual Stresses, and Cracking

Section V : Reference Information
Guide to Furnace Atmospheres
Properties of Gases
Heating and Holding Times
Heat-Transfer Equations
Index