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About Steel

Steel Manufacturing Processes

1. Open-hearth Process
2. Bessemer Converter
3. Electric Furnace
4. Continuous Casting
5. Oxygen Lance Process

Standard shapes and sizes

Influence of constituents on steel

• Effect of carbon on steel

Classification of steel

• Classification of steel according to
  • AISI Standard
  • Number Standard

Designation of plain and alloy steels

Designation of steel according to

• Mechanical Properties
• Chemical Properties

Types of Steel according to carbon content

• Low carbon or mild steel
• Medium carbon steel
• High Carbon Steels

Types of steel according to deoxidation process

• Killed steel
• Semi-killed steel
• Capped steel
• Rimmed steel

Carbon Steels

• Low Carbon Steels
• Medium Steels
• High Carbon Steels

Low-alloy Steels

• Low-carbon quenched and tempered steels
• Medium-carbon ultrahigh-strength steels
• Bearing steels
• Chromium-molybdenum heat-resistant steels

High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels

 

Alloys Steels

• Effect of alloying elements on alloy steels

Classification of alloy steels

• Classification according to chemical composition.
• Classification according to structural class.
  •  Pearlitic
  •  Martensitic
  •  Austentic
  •  Ferritic
  •  Carbidic
• Classification according to purpose.
  • Structural Steels
    • Low alloy Structural Steels
    • Medium alloy Structural Steels
    • High alloy Structural Steels
  • Tool Steels
    • Carbon Tool Steels
    • Alloy Tool Steels
      • Water Hardening Steels
      • Shock Resisting steel
      • Cold-work tool steels
        • Air Hardening Steels
        • Oil Hardening Steels
      • Hot work Steel
      • High Speed Steel
      • Special purpose tool steels
  • Steels with special physical properties
    • Corrosion resistant steels
      • Stainless Steels
    • Heat Resisting Steels
    • Wear Resistant Steels
    • Magnet Steels
    • Maraging steel
    • HadField's Manganese Steel
    • Ultra-High Strength Steels
    • Quenched and Tempered Steels
    • Shock resisting Steels
    • Steels with special thermal properties such as creep resisting steels, etc.

   

Prominent Alloy Steels

• Silicon Steel
• Silicon Manganese steel
• Nickel Steel
• Chrome-Nickel Steel
• Chrome-Vanadium Steel
• Molybdenum Steel
• Chrome-Molybdenum Steel
• Chrome Steel
• Manganese Steel
• Tungsten Steel
• Vanadium Steel
• Cobalt Steel

 

Composition of steels

• Carbon steels
• Manganese steels
• Nickel steels
• Nickel-chromium steels
• Molybdenum Steels
• Chromium Steels
• Chromium-Vanadium Steel
• Silicon- Manganese Steel
• Chromium-Nickel Austentic Steels
• Stainless Chromium Irons
• Free-cutting Steels

Application of steels