This book should be of interest to practising engineers in metallurgy and materials science, mechanical engineers, chemical engineers involved with corrosion and inorganic chemistry, industry engineers in the steel and metal alloy business.

Excerpt from Metallography Applied to Siderurgic Products In several connections, notably when compiling for the Board of Trade a French-English glossary of designations of workpeople, I have found that literal renderings of a foreign term, or even the equivalents given by technological dictionaries, are often quite different from the expressions used in this country; experts, themselves, sometimes disagree as to these, for a word current in one town is often unknown in another. A result not unfamiliar to those in the trades involved may be obtained by consulting persons connected with them; and the present translation has accordingly been revised in the light of information they have furnished, and of that gathered by reading papers and discussions by specialists. Besides the difficulties inherent in the highly technical character of this work, there were others caused by peculiarities in the style, which necessitated occasional alterations, to make the authors meaning clearer to the reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Updated and translated by André Luiz V. da Costa e Silva This book is a combination of a metallographic atlas for steels and cast irons and an introductory textbook covering the fundamentals of phase transformations and heat treatment of these materials. Every important stage of processing, from casting to cold working is clearly discussed and copiously illustrated with metallographs that show the obtained structures, both desired and those achieved when deviations occur. First published in 1951 by Professor Hubertus Colpaert from the Institute for Technological Research (IPT) of São Paulo, Brazil, this book became one of the most important Brazilian references for professionals interested in the processing, treatment, and application of steels and cast irons. In the Fourth Edition and English translation, updated and translated by Professor André Luiz V. da Costa e Silva, the concept of the of the original edition was preserved while the important developments of recent decades, both in metallographic characterization and in steel and iron products, as well as progress in the understanding of the transformations that made the extraordinary developments of these alloys possible, were added. Most metallographs are of actual industrial materials and a large number originate from industry leaders or laboratories at the forefront of steel and iron development. As steel continues to be the most widely used metallic material in the world, Metallography of Steels continues to be an essential reference for students, metallographers, and engineers interested in understanding processing-properties-structure relationships of the material. The balance between theoretical and applied information makes this book a valuable companion for even experienced steel practitioners.

This work offers a comprehensive source of information on metallographic techniques and their application to the study of metals, ceramics, and polymers. It contains an extensive collection of micro- and macrographs.