History, Developments and Trends in the Heat Treatment of Steel

• Other Authors: Jurči, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; Vanadis 6 die steel; surface finish; nitriding; PVD coating; toughness; fractography; cryogenic treatment; cryo-treatment; mechanical properties; microstructure; cryo-processing; 20Cr2Ni4A; vacuum carburizing; ion implantation; rare earths; catalysis; carbon diffusion; vanadis 6 steel; sub-zero treatment at −75 °C; hardness; fracture toughness; grade 92 steel weldment; post-welding heat treatment; tensile straining; hydrogen embrittlement; metallography and fractography; ledeburitic tool steels; carburizing; rare-earth element pre-implantation; sub-zero treatments
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Steels and their heat treatment are still very important in modern industry because most industrial components are made from these materials. The proper choice of steel grades along with their suitable processing makes it possible to reduce the weight of the components, which is closely related to energy and fuel savings. This has decisive importance in branches such as the automotive, transport, consumer industries. A great number of novel heat- and surface-treatment techniques have been developed over the past three decades. These techniques involve, for example, vacuum treatment, sub-zero treatment, laser/electron beam surface hardening and alloying, low-pressure carburizing and nitriding, and physical vapour deposition. This Special Issue contains a collection of original research articles on not only advanced heat-treatment techniques-carburizing and sub-zero treatments-but also on the microstructure-property relationships in different ferrous alloys.