Irons and Steels
Explore ASM resources on ferrous metals and alloys
ASM Handbook, Volume 1: Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels, and High-Performance Alloys
Volume 1 is a comprehensive reference guide to compositions, properties, performance, and selection of cast irons, carbon and low-alloy steels, tool steels, stainless steels, and superalloys.
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ASM Handbook, Volume 1A: Cast Iron Science and Technology
ASM Handbook, Volume 1A: Cast Iron Science and Technology is an in-depth and comprehensive reference for those who research, develop, process, make, use, analyze, or specify cast irons. Doru M. Stefanescu, Professor Emeritus from The University of Al
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ASM Handbook, Volume 4A: Steel Heat Treating Fundamentals and Processes
Buy the new ASM Handbook Volume 4A which provides an excellent foundation on the modern methods of steel heat treating for new or experienced practitioners. Major topics include: the physical metallurgy of steel heat treatment, fundamentals and pract
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ASM Handbook, Volume 4B: Steel Heat Treating Technologies
Buy ASM Handbook Volume 4B: Steel Heat Treating which expands coverage on equipment, control, troubleshooting, and problems associated with steel heat treating.
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ASM Handbook, Volume 4D: Heat Treating of Irons and Steels
Buy ASM Handbook Volume 4D Heat Treating of Irons and Steels which is packed with information and knowledge for anyone who uses or works with heat treated steels or cast irons. This new handbook gives you in-depth articles with details on the process
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ASM Specialty Handbook Carbon and Alloy Steels
Carbon and alloy steels are the workhorse of structural materials in modern engineering because of their very reasonable costs coupled with their many and varied properties that allow their use in such a large array of applications.
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ASM Specialty Handbook Cast Irons
Basic information on metallurgy, solidification characteristics, and properties, as well as extensive reviews on the low-alloy gray, ductile, compacted graphite, and malleable irons.
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ASM Specialty Handbook Steels, 2-Volume Set
Buy both the Stainless Steels and the Carbon and Alloy Steels Specialty Handbooks and save! 2-Volume Set. Your single resource for stainless information.
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ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels
The best single-volume reference on the metallurgy, selection, processing, performance, and evaluation of stainless steels, incorporating essential information culled from across the ASM Handbook series. Includes additional data and reference informa
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ASM Specialty Handbook: Tool Materials
Provides detailed and comprehensive information about the selection, processing, and properties of materials for machining and metalworking applications, including wrought and powder metallurgy tool steels, cobalt base alloys, cemented carbides, cerm
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Advanced High-Strength Steels: Science, Technology, and Applications, Second Edition
The second edition of Advanced High-Strength Steels: Science, Technology, and Applications (AHSS) expands upon the foundational knowledge presented in the first edition, including the examination of the types, microstructures, thermal proces
Print Edition: $160 ASM Members | $200 Non-Members
Alloy Digest Sourcebook: Stainless Steels
This Sourcebook provides over 150 data sheets selected from 700+ on stainless steel published in Alloy Digest from the 1950s to 2000. Each two-page data sheet offers facts and figures about composition, physical and mechanical properties, he
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Atlas of Time-Temperature Diagrams for Irons and Steels
The most comprehensive collection of time-temperature diagrams for irons and steels ever collected. Includes diagrams for isothermal transformation, continuous cooling transformation, time-temperature precipitation, time-temperature embrittlement, an
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Basic Concepts of Ferrous Metallurgy
This book presents and describes basic concepts of metallurgy common to the ferrous foundry industry. A valuable publication for students of ferrous metallurgy and ferrous foundry operations and also foundry personnel who wish to refresh themselves o
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Casting Defects Handbook: Iron & Steel
AFS has released its latest publication on casting defects, Casting Defects Handbook--Iron & Steel. The first edition of the Casting Defects Handbook has been available to metalcasting personnel worldwide for more than 35 years. The new edition has b
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Coatings Technology: Fundamentals, Testing and Processing Techniques
Drawn from the third edition of The Coatings Technology Handbook, this book focuses entirely on testing, experimental design, and strategies for selecting processing techniques in the coatings, adhesives, paints, and inks industries.
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Ductile Iron Handbook
The most comprehensive text available on ductile iron, this book contains the latest on production practices, metallurgy and properties from a battery of industry experts. Chapters include Theory of Solidification and Graphite Growth in Ductile Iron;
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Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel, and Their Alloys, Five-Volume Set
The Encyclopedia of Iron, Steel, and Their Alloys covers all the fundamental, theoretical, and application-related aspects of the metallurgical science, engineering, and technology of iron, steel, and their alloys. Each entry is written by a subject-
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Engineering Properties of Steel
Extensive data on properties of more than 425 steels are presented in a ready-reference format that makes information easy to find. Provides reliable factual data on chemical composition, mechanical properties, physical properties, fabrication charac
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Failure Analysis of Heat Treated Steel Components
This thorough reference work discusses various causes of failure with integrated coverage of process metallurgy of steels by forging, casting, welding, and various heat treatment processes. The breadth of coverage and the numerous examples provide an
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Heat Treater's Guide: Practices and Procedures for Irons and Steels, 2nd Edition
The most trusted source for guidance on heat treating of irons and steels. Provides hundreds of data sheets for heat treating of carbon and alloy steels, tool steels, stainless steels, and cast irons.
Print Edition: $290 ASM Members | $385 Non-Members
Introduction to Stainless Steels, 3rd Edition
This book is a concise, easy-to-read introduction to one of the most widely used industrial materials. Each chapter explains an important concept related to the selection, application, processing, and use of stainless steels.
Print Edition: $42 ASM Members | $53 Non-Members
Iron and Steel Castings Engineering Guide
This engineering guide, an accompanying guide to Aluminum Castings Engineering Guide (ASM International, 2018), explains the interactions of product design (for function and manufacturability), materials engineering (for the best choice of alloy and
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Medical Materials Handbook and Book Set
Purchase ASM Handbook, Volume 23: Materials for Medical Devices and Materials and Coatings for Medical Devices: Cardiovascular together at a special set discount price.
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Metallographer's Guide: Practices and Procedures for Irons and Steels
Provides a solid overview of the important metallurgical concepts related to the microstructures of irons and steels, and it provides detailed guidelines for the proper metallographic techniques used to reveal, capture, and understand microstructures
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Metallography of Steels: Interpretation of Structure and the Effects of Processing
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
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Powder Metallurgy Stainless Steels: Processing, Microstructures, and Properties
Progress in the understanding of corrosion and corrosion resistance properties of sintered stainless steels has lead to new applications that benefit from net shape processing and more efficient material utilization.
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Principles of Heat Treatment of Plain Carbon and Low Alloy Steels
This invaluable resource book will help you determine which steel and heat treatment process will best meet your needs. It reviews current methods for determining hardness or strength and the concepts behind the common method of graphically depicting
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Stainless Steels for Design Engineers
This book gives engineers and designers a valuable guide on stainless steels and how to use them.Easy to read, this helpful technical guide is for anyone who designs or builds with stainless steels.
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Stainless Steels: A Steel Products Manual
This greatly expanded 2008 edition of the Stainless Steels: Steel Products Manual is an invaluable source of information for those who work with stainless steels - engineers, metallurgists, designers, architects and others involved with buying and se
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Steel Castings Handbook, 6th Edition
With particular emphasis on the ability of castings to meet customer requirements, this guide tells you what you need to know about physical properties and other pertinent information in the design and use of steel castings.
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Steel Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist
Explains the metallurgy of steel and its heat treatment for non-metallurgists, starting with the basics and then gradually introducing more complex concepts involved in heat treatment of most types of steel.
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Steel Metallurgy: Properties, Specifications and Applications
Steel Metallurgy: Properties, Specifications, and Applications covers the basic metallurgical facts and characteristics, properties, standards, and grades of steel. Classifications of steel based on standards and structural engineering are then discu
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Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance, Second Edition
In this second edition, new information and references are integrated into chapters.
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The History of Stainless Steel (hardcover)
An entertaining and comprehensive guide to the history of the "miracle metal," stainless steel.
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The History of Stainless Steel (softcover)
An entertaining and comprehensive guide to the history of the "miracle metal," stainless steel.
Print Edition: $37 ASM Members | $49 Non-Members
Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels
Edited by leading authorities in the field, Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels provides a comprehensive scientific overview of the principles and different techniques involved in thermochemical surface engineering, including thermodynamics,
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Tool Steels, 5th Edition
The revision of this authoritative work contains a significant amount of new information from the past two decades presented in an entirely new outline, making this a "must have" reference for engineers involved in tool-steel production, as well as i
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Tool Steels: Properties and Performance
This handy book provides a single, up-to-date source of information for increasing the life of tool steels through optimized design and manufacturing. Supplying a solid understanding of the metallurgy involved, the text explains how material composit
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Transactions of the American Foundry Society, Volume 133
The AFS Safety & Health Committee, under the guidance of the Environmental, Health and Safety Division, assists foundries in meeting their obligation to provide a workplace free of recognized health and safety hazards. This fifth revision (2025)
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Worldwide Guide to Equivalent Irons and Steels, 5th Edition
This volume covers standard designations from worldwide standards for cast irons and steels, wrought carbon and alloy steels, stainless steels, high strength steels, and tool steels. Entries are provided for more than 30,000 alloy designations.
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X-Ray Diffraction for Materials Research: From Fundamentals to Applications
This informative new three-part book describes the principles of x-ray diffraction and its applications to materials characterization. Part 1 deals with elementary crystallography and optics, which is essential for understanding the theory of x-ray d
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