Mr. Mark, I have finished reading the first third of the book by prof. Verhoeven and can confirm that it is really well written introduction to practical metallurgy. Huts off to the author!
The book content is well digestible for me but the huge amount of facts about steels forces me to read it again to memorise the important items.
I think that it may be too ambitious to open now a general discussion concerning phase diagrams of steels, but what we can do is to focus our attention to much narrower field, e.g. behaviour of "your" extra clean 52100 chrome steel.
I think it may be of general interest to read how the metallurgical education can help to heat treat this steel and maximize its performance.
What atmosphere do you plan for your heat treatment? Do you plan some flame hardening or induction hardening of the blade? How do you plan to reduce the surface oxidation of the blade?
Jan
The book content is well digestible for me but the huge amount of facts about steels forces me to read it again to memorise the important items.
I think that it may be too ambitious to open now a general discussion concerning phase diagrams of steels, but what we can do is to focus our attention to much narrower field, e.g. behaviour of "your" extra clean 52100 chrome steel.
I think it may be of general interest to read how the metallurgical education can help to heat treat this steel and maximize its performance.
What atmosphere do you plan for your heat treatment? Do you plan some flame hardening or induction hardening of the blade? How do you plan to reduce the surface oxidation of the blade?
Jan