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Mechanical Properties of Titanium Alloys
Unalloyed, commercially pure titanium has a tensile strength ranging from 275 to 590 MPa, and…
EFFECTS OF ALLOYING ELEMENTS IN STEEL
Steel is basically iron alloyed to carbon with certain additional elements to…
MARAGING STEELS
Maraging steels (from martensitic and aging) are steels (iron alloys) which are…
WHAT IS HSLA STEEL?
HSLA stands for high-strength low-alloy steel. It is a type of carbon steel that…
What is a Ferrous Metal?
A metal with the descriptor “ferrous” means that it has iron in…
Thermal Treatments (Heat-Treating)
In the previous pages on the subjects of alloying and the binary…
Case hardening basics: Nitrocarburizing vs. carbonitriding
It’s easy to get lost in the chemistry—and the nomenclature—behind heat-treating processes.…
Carbonitriding
Carbonitriding is an austenitic (above A3) case hardening process similar to carburising,…




