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THIS volume is the first part of a review and summary of published information and available unpublished data on the alloys of iron and chromium containing less than 10 per cent of chromium. The second part, now in preparation, will deal with higher chromium alloys, including the heat- and corrosion-resisting steels. The constitution of the iron - chromium and the iron - carbon -chromium systems and the effect of chromium on the critical point is first dealt with, these chapters being followed by surveys of the manufacture, treatment and properties of chromium steels and cast irons. In preparing this monograph it is stated that nine thousand papers and articles were assembled, and that of these 478 were selected for detailed study. The latter group is given as a bibliography, arranged chronologically, and will prove a very valuable feature of the book. A great wealth of data has been assembled in this volume, both in the text and in a large number of excellent tables and diagrams.
The Alloys of Iron and Chromium
Vol. 1: Low-Chromium Alloys. By A. B. Kinzel and Walter Crafts. (Alloys of Iron Research, Monograph Series.) Pp. xv + 535. (New York and London: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1937.) 36s.
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The Alloys of Iron and Chromium. Nature 142, 936 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/142936b0
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