Looking for stainless steel basic book 3

[salmon2]

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.

 

[mcguire]

Look on the ASM International website. They have a basic book, Introduction to Stainless Steels and some other more advanced.

Michael McGuire

http://stainlesssteelforengineers.blogspot.com/

 

[salmon2]

Thanks a lot, mcguire.

 

[mcguire]

I have to say I recommend "Stainless Steel for Design Engineers", having written it. (plug)

Michael McGuire

http://stainlesssteelforengineers.blogspot.com/

 

[salmon2]

Hi mcguire, glad to know that you wrote that. We are alumni, I was also from ND

 

[mcguire]

excellent! Go Irish.

Michael McGuire

http://stainlesssteelforengineers.blogspot.com/

 

[Hercules28]

try here:

http://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

 

[vthomidis]

I can recommend a quite competent website :

http://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 ...

 

[Guest102023]

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

 

[salmon2]

Thanks a lot guys, will check them out later.

 

[fullcycle]

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?

 

[arunmrao]

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

 

[fullcycle]

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.

 

[arunmrao]

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

 

[weldtek]

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

 

[salmon2]

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.

 

[Ron]

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

 

[cloa]

Remember to copy and paste the whole links.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search?index=books&linkCode=qs&keywords=0871707179

http://books.google.com.au/books?id...ok_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#

 

[Maui]

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/por...toid=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

 

[arunmrao]

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