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Looking for stainless steel basic book
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Looking for stainless steel basic book

Looking for stainless steel basic book

(OP)
Hi guys, want to have a basic, not too extensive, introductory book about stainless steel. Any suggestions?

Another vague question: I used to have a free online about 70 pages book about steel basics. It was published in 1954(?) and the cover page says this is a "monograph"... It talks about basic carbon/iron diagram, heat treatment, carburization, etc. I can't remember its title, anyone has a clue about what I am looking for? I want to have a copy.

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

(OP)
Thanks a lot, mcguire.

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

(OP)
Hi mcguire, glad to know that you wrote that. We are alumni, I was also from ND :D

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

try here:
www.scribd.com

I have found various documents for stainless steels.

I also have ASM's Stainless steels and I do recommend it. Has solved some of my issues.

Herc

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

I can recommend a quite competent website :

www.bssa.org.uk

( It is the British Stainless Steel Association.)
I have found it very usefull, in some previous concerns I have had with stainless steel.

It contains a lot of technical articles and publications giving "concentrated" info avoiding lot of blah..blah.. and complicated theory  ...

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

For corrosion aspects, I recommend Sedriks, 'Corrosion of Stainless Steels', 2nd Ed

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

(OP)
Thanks a lot guys, will check them out later.

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

I'm adding some books to my library to thoroughly cover Stainless Steel for mechanical engineering.  I need general info, material properties and test results for wear rates, chemical compatibility, etc.

These are the books I'm considering:
- ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels
- ASM Metals Handbook
- Stainless Steels for Design Engineers

I'd like to only buy 1 of them, but 2 could be OK.  I'm thinking that the Metals Handbook and Specialty Handbook would be redundant.  Is that true?  Of the 2 which is better for stainless?
 

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

1&3.

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"It's better to die standing than live your whole life on the knees" by Peter Mayle in his book A Good Year

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

arunmrao - thanks for the suggestion.  I'm certainly getting #1 (ASM specialty: SS).

Per the author's suggestion (mcguire) - I'm also considering:
- Stainless Steel for Engineers

I'm worried this is geared toward theory for college use and may not have enough practical data inside, such as test results for exposure to sulfuric acid, wear rates for various steels in contact with each other, etc.   

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

Book by mcguire is certainly not a college text book. Take a preview on Amazon and then decide for yourself,a decision,I am sure you will not regret.

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"It's better to die standing than live your whole life on the knees" by Peter Mayle in his book A Good Year

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

For welding stainless steels I've found 'Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels' by Damian Kotecki & John Lippold very helpful.

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

(OP)
An update to own questions: I found the book to my #2 question in my very own post. It is:

"Heat treatment and properties of iron and steel", National Bureau of standards monograph 88, 1966.

So happy to find it again, it was the first book I really read and understood about metallurgy. An ex-colleague recommended it to me, still grateful.

mcguire's book is serving me very well too. Pretty happy with it.
 

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

Mike...has your book been published and if so, where can it be purchased?  I checked Amazon, but not available.

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

Salmon2, the following book covers the basics of metallurgy in both ferrous and non-ferrous applications, and can serve as a useful metallurgical reference for engineering applications:

http://www.asminternational.org/portal/site/smst/AsmStore/ProductDetails/?vgnextoid=eb0b76d47ff2f210VgnVCM100000621e010aRCRD

It has separate chapters devoted to non-ferrous alloys, cast irons, stainless steels, as well as high speed steels and tool steels, among others. You may find it worthwhile as well.

Maui

 

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

salmon2,how about adding your comment about Mcguire's book on Amazon book review. It might help future users while also acknowledging a good work done.   

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"It's better to die standing than live your whole life on the knees" by Peter Mayle in his book A Good Year

RE: Looking for stainless steel basic book

(OP)
Sure did :D

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