[Northkeep] FW: Non-period reference on the metallurgy of steel (Free download)
Niewoehner, Hugh
hughn at ssd.fsi.com
Tue Oct 18 05:54:56 PDT 2005
Metalsmith's interested?
> This comes from a metalsmithing list I read. (Avery, how'd I
> beat you to
> this?)
>
> John Verhoeven, a professor emeritus from Iowa State wrote an
> entire text (~200 pages) about the metallurgy of steel,
> oriented toward bladesmiths.
> The author assumes no special background by the reader, so
> the material is very accessible.
>
> Ordinarily, most of this material requires a significant
> investment in background before it can be understood. I've
> spent much of the last year developing my own background in
> the area, and wishing helplessly that this text existed.
> Those few of you who have had some instruction from me into
> heat treatment of steel certainly know how much background
> there is to know!
>
> Dr. Verhoeven also knows his target audience very well. For
> example, he explains grain structure by using a bottle filled
> with large soap bubbles as his 3D model, and notes that
> "Perhaps a more pleasant way to model metal grains is to
> empty a glass of beer rapidly as is illustrated in Fig.
> 8.1(b)." I don't think you'll find that explanation in your
> average engineering materials textbook!
>
> Finally, and most important, the author includes the
> following, which I quote directly from the preface:
>
> "My professional career has been supported by publicly funded
> institutions. Therefore, I grant any user copyright
> permission to download and print a copy of this book for
> personal use or any teacher to do the same for their
> students. I do not grant rights to the text for commercial
> uses. The copyrights to all figures with citations belong to
> the original publishers. Copyright permissions were obtained
> for inclusion of these figures."
>
> That's right, it's free!
>
> As a developing bladesmith, my enthusiasm for this text
> cannot be overstated. I want to find this man and have his babies.
>
> Share and enjoy!
>
> http://mse.iastate.edu/files/verhoeven/7-5.pdf
>
>
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