Letter Published: 01 January 1955 A Phase Diagram for 1 per cent Carbon–Iron Alloys containing up to 16 per cent Nickel P. SAMUEL, L. G. FINCH & J. R. RAIT Nature 175, 37–38 (1955) Cite this ...

Conditioning of steel by thermal or heat treatment relies on the different mechanical properties which are exhibited by the various structures present in plain carbon steels. Figure 1 illustrates the ...