FOURTH REPORT ON THE HETEROGENEITY OF STEEL INGOTS
Published by The Iron And Steel Institute
in 1932
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FOURTH REPORT ON THE HETEROGENEITY OF STEEL INGOTS
Stock no. 2115960
1932.
Softcover.
Good condition.
Being a report by a joint committee of the Iron and Steel Institute and The National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers to the Iron and Steel Industrial Research Council. Iron and Steel Institute - Special Report No. 2. Card wraps. Fold-out pages and diagrams. Top 2-3" of spine is split vertically, then horizontally; also splitting to base of spine. Browning to covers. Staples are rusty. Foxing to contents.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- SECTION I - A Further Study of Steel Ingots
- Part I - Details of the Manufacture of the Ingots Studied
- Part II - Theoretical Discussion
- SECTION II - Oxygen and Silicates in Steel
- SECTION III - The Distribution of Silicates
- SECTION IV - Principles Involved in the Making of Rimming Steel
- Characteristics of Rimming Ingots
- Heterogeneity in Ingots of Rimming Steel
- Influence of Furnace and Pit Practice on Heterogeneity
- Control of Gas Content
- Origin of Gases in Steel
- Discussion and Conclusions
- Bibliography on Rimming Steel
- SECTION V - Pyrometry as Applied to Liquid Steel
- General Summary
- A. Calibration of Optical Pyrometers
- B.Comparison of Optical Pyrometers under Works Conditions
- The Emissivity Factor
- Special Heats Made for the Main Committee at the University of Sheffield
- (1) Observations of Temperature in the Bath
- (2) Tapping and Casting Temperatures
- C. Experiments with Thermocouples for the Measurement of the Temperature of Liquid Steel under Works Conditions
- Carbon Rod Experiment for the Measurement of Bath Temperatures
- D. Ingot Mould Temperatures
- SECTION VI - Ingot Mould Material
- Part I. Thermal Properties of Ingot Mould Irons
- Properties Tested
- Thermal and Electrical Conductivity
- Specific Heat
- Moulds Tested
- Compositions of Ingot Mould Irons Tested
- Microstructure
- Thermal Expansions, Dilatation Properties and Densities
- Electrical Resistivities at 16degrees C
- Examination of Used Ingot Moulds Nos 1 and 2
- Analyses
- Microstructure
- Test-Pieces and their Location
- Conclusions
- Part II. The Thermal Conductivities of Ingot Mould Irons
- Introduction
- Apparatus Used
- Consideration of Results
- Conclusions
- References
- SECTION VII - Some Further Mathematical Considerations Concerning the Cooling and Freezing of Steel Ingots
- I. The Effect of Assuming Different Thermal Constants for the Mould, Solid Steel, and Liquid Steel
- II. The Case of a Mould of Finite Thickness the Initial Temperature being Considereed
- III. The Effect of a Layer of Material of Lower Conductivity between the Mould and the Ingot
- IV. The Effect of Separation of the Ingot and Mould on the Rate of Solidification
- SECTION VIII - Bibliography
- Acknowledgements