Steels

The textbook Steels: Structure, Properties, and Design, 5th Edition delivers a rigorous treatment of physical metallurgy, microstructural evolution, and alloy performance. Written for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students pursuing materials science, physical metallurgy, or mechanical engineering, this volume clarifies how processing methods directly shape material behavior and industrial application.

The text begins with foundational physical principles, examining iron and its interstitial solutions, substitutional solutes, strengthening mechanisms, and iron-carbon equilibrium in plain carbon steels. It then advances into detailed microstructural analyses, investigating the kinetics and features of martensite formation, bainite, acicular ferrite, and nanostructured steels.

Subsequent chapters detail industrial heat treatment procedures, hardenability, tempering of martensite, thermomechanical treatment, and embrittlement and fracture mechanisms. The volume concludes with dedicated analysis of stainless steel microstructures, providing practicing metallurgists, materials engineers, and steel industry researchers with a clear foundation for alloy evaluation.