Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels
1. Edition May 2005
376 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
This book describes the fundamental metallurgical principles that control microstructure and properties of welded stainless steels. It also serves as a practical "how to" guide that allows engineers to select the proper alloys, filler metals, heat treatments, and welding conditions to insure that failures are avoided during fabrication and service. This book provides state-of-the-art information on the topic and greatly expand and update what is currently available in other texts and handbooks.
Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels, the first book in over twenty years to address welding metallurgy and weldability issues associated with stainless steel, offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of these topics currently available. The authors emphasize fundamental metallurgical principles governing microstructure evolution and property development of stainless steels, including martensistic, ferric, austenitic, duplex, and precipitation hardening grades. They present a logical and well-organized look at the history, evolution, and primary uses of each stainless steel, including detailed descriptions of the associated weldability issues.
1. Introduction.
2. Phase Diagrams.
3. Alloying Elements and Constitution Diagrams.
4. Martensitic Stainless Steels.
5. Ferritic Stainless Steels.
6. Austenitic Stainless Steels.
7. Duplex Stainless Steels.
8. Precipitation-Hardening Stainless Steels.
9. Dissimilar Welding of Stainless Steels.
10. Weldability Testing.
Appendix 1: Nominal Compositions of Stainless Steels.
Appendix 2: Etching Techniques for Stainless Steel Welds.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
DAMIAN J. KOTECKI, PhD, is Technical Director for Stainless and High-Alloy Product Development at Lincoln Electric and Vice President and Fellow of the American Welding Society. His many industry awards include the James F. Lincoln Gold Medal, the William Irrgang Memorial Award, the R.D. Thomas Memorial Award, the R.D. Thomas, Jr. International Lecture Award, the Dr. Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award, and the IIW Thomas Medal.
