Microstructure of steels and cast irons

First Part The history of iron and steel - of swords and ploughshares.- 1 From iron to steel.- 2 Of swords and swordmaking.- 2 The Genesis of Microstructures.- 3 The principal phases in steels.- 4 The basic phase diagrams.- 5 The formation of solidification structures.- 6 Liquid/solid structural transformations.- 7 Grains, grain boundaries and interfaces.- 8 Diffusion.- 9 The decomposition of austenite.- 10 The pearlite transformation.- 11 The martensite transformation.- 12 The bainite transformation.- 13 Precipitation.- 3 Steels and cast irons.- 14 Steel Design.- 15 Solidification macrostructures.- 16 Macro- and microstructures of sintered powder products.- 17 Plain carbon and low alloy steels.- 18 Quench hardening steels.- 19 Stainless steels.- 20 Heat resisting steels and iron-containing superalloys.- 21 Cast irons.- 22 Appendices.- 23 References.- 24 Index.