Over the years, many people have asked if we could recommend good books on the subject of Vacuum Heat Treatment. The following list includes books that we have found particularly useful with respect to the scientific and practical aspects of vacuum, heat treatment, metallurgy and material science. Enjoy.
Vacuum Heat Treatment
1. Vacuum Heat Treatment, Herring, Daniel H., BNP Media Group, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9767565-0-7, 528 pages.
2. Steel Heat Treatment, Second Edition, Volume II: Equipment and Process Design, George E. Totten, (Ed.), CRC Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8493-8454-7, 713 pages.
3. High Vacuum Technology, A Practical Guide, Hablanian, Marsbed H., 2nd Edition, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1997, ISBN 0-8247-8197-X, 410 pages.
4. Handbook of Vacuum Science and Technology, Hoffman, Dorothy, Singh, Bawa, and Thomas, John H. III, Academic Press, 1997, ISBN 0-12-352065-7, 835 pages.
5. The Vacuum Technology Book, Volume I, Pfeiffer Vacuum, www.pfeiffervacuum.com), 797 pages.
6. Vacuum Technology: Practical Heat Treating and Brazing, Fabian, Roger (Ed.), ASM International, 1993, ISBN 0-87170-477-3, 253 pages.
7. Practical Vacuum Techniques, Brunner Jr., William F. and Thomas H. Batzer, Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., 1974, ISBN 0-88275-146-8, 198 pages.
8. Scientific Foundations of Vacuum Technique, Dushman, Saul, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1949, LOC 61-17361, 806 pages.
9. Introduction to Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak Detection, Varian Assoc. Inc., 1980.
10. Much Ado About Nothing, or So You Want to Measure Vacuum?, Televac, 1976.
11. Vacuum…is it really nothing? Kimball, William H., C. I. Hayes Inc., 1977, 12 pages.
General
1. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 94th Edition, David R. Lide (Ed.), 2013.
2. Marks’ Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Avallone, Eugene A., and Theodore Baumeister, 11th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
3. McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, Sixth Edition, 2009, ISBN 978-00716-1366-8.
Heat Treatment (Processes & Equipment)
1. Ask Joe: Your Quick Reference to Fourteen Years of Practical Heat Treat Advice, Devis, C.E. “Joe”, ASM International, 1983, ISBN 0-87170-167-3, 135 pages.
2. ASM Handbook, Vol. 4, Heat Treating, ASM International, 1991, ISBN 0-87170-379-3, 1012 pages.
3. Carburizing: Microstructure and Properties, Parish, Geoffrey, ASM International, 1999, ISBN 0-87170-666-0, 247 pages.
4. Handbook of Thermoprocessing Technologies, von Starck, Axel, Alfred Muhlbauer, and Carl Kramer (Eds.), 2005, Vulkan-Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-8027-2933-1, 807 pages.
5. Heat Treating and Properties of Iron and Steel, U. S. Department of Commerce National Bureau of Standards Monograph 88, 1966, Library of Congress Catalog Number 66-61523, 46 pages.
6. Heat Treating of Gray Iron, Burgess C. O., Gray Iron Founders’ Society, Inc., 1984, 121 pages.
7. Ion Nitriding (Conference Proceedings), Spalvins, T. (Ed.), ASM International, 1987, ISBN 0-87170-278-9, 202 pages.
8. Metals Handbook, Vol. 2, Heat Treating, Cleaning and Finishing, 8th Ed., ASM International, 1964, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 27-12046, 708 pages.
9. Principles of Heat Treatment, 5th Ed., Grossmann, M. A. and Bain, E. C., ASM International, 1964, 302 pages.
10. Principles of Heat Treatment of Plain Carbon and Low Alloy Steels, Brooks, Charlie R., ASM International, 1996, ISBN 0-87170-538-9, 490 pages.
Metallurgy & Materials Science
1. Alloying Elements and Their Effect on Hardenability: Republic Alloy Steels Handbook, Booklet Adv. 1009, 1961, 46 pages.
2. Alloying Elements of Steel, 2nd Ed., Bain, Edgar Collins and Harold W. Paxton, ASM International, 1966, 301 pages.
3. Atlas of Continuous Cooling Transformation Diagrams for Engineering Steels, Atkins, M., British Steel Corp., 1977, ISBN 0-87170-093-X, 260 pages.
4. Atlas of Isothermal Transformation Diagrams, United States Steel Corp., 1951, 143 pages.
5. Atlas of Isothermal Transformation Diagrams (Supplement), United States Steel Corp., 1953, 529 pages.
6. Atlas of Isothermal Transformation and Cooling Transformation Diagrams, ASM International, 1977, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-58536, 422 pages.
7. Atlas of Time-Temperature Diagrams for Irons and Steels, Vander Voort, George F. (Ed.), 1991, ASM International, ISBN 0-87170-415-3, 766 pages.
8. Boron in Steel, Banerji, S. K. and J. E. Morral (Eds.), The Metallurgical Society of AIME, 1980, ISBN 0-89520-363-4, 215 pages.
9. Casti Metals Black Book – European Ferrous Data, 2nd Ed., Bringas, John E. and Michael L. Wayman, Casti Publishing Inc., 2003, ISBN 1-894038-74-6, 785 pages.
10. Casti Metals Black Book – North American Ferrous Data, 5th Ed., Bringas, John E. and Michael L. Wayman, Casti Publishing Inc., 2003, ISBN 1-894038-72-X, 764 pages.
11. Engineer’s Guide to Steel, The., Hanson, Albert and J. Gordon Parr, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1965, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 65-10407 406 pages.
12. Engineering Properties of Steel, Harvey, Philip D. (Ed.), ASM International, 1982, ISBN 0-87170-144-8, 527 pages.
13. Hardenability of Steel, The – Concepts, Metallurgical Influences, and Industrial Applications, Siebert, Clarence A., Douglas V. Doane, and Dale H. Breen, ASM International, 1977, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 77-22649, 218 pages.
14. Heat Treater’s Guide: Practices and Procedures for Irons and Steels, 2nd Ed., Chandler, Harry E. (Ed.), 1995, ASM International, ISBN 0-87170-520-6, 903 pages.
15. Heat Treaters Guide: Standard Practices and Procedures for Steel, Unterwieser, Paul M., Howard E. Boyer, and James J. Kubbs (Eds.), 1982, ASM International, ISBN 0-87170-141-3, 493 pages.
16. Heat Treatment of Steel: Republic Alloy Steels Handbook, Booklet Adv. 1009, 1961, 42 pages.
17. I–T Diagrams: Isothermal Transformation of Austenite in a Wide Variety of Steel, 3rd Ed., 1963, 183 pages.
18. Iron & Steel, Handbook Supplement HS30, 1982, SAE, ISBN 0-89883-404-X.
19. Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel, The., 9th Ed., McGannon, Harold E. (Ed.), United States Steel Corp., 1971, 1420 pages.
20. Manganese in Ferrous Metallurgy, Desforges, C.D., W. E. Duckworth, and T. F. J. N. Ryan, The Manganese Centre, 1976, ISBN 2-901-108-004, 87 pages.
21. Mechanical Properties of Alloy Steel: Republic Alloy Steels Handbook, Booklet Adv. 1009, 1961, 84 pages.
22. Modern Steels and Their Properties: Bethlehem Steel Corp., 1980, ISBN 1-11441-106-X, 200 pages.
23. Nickel Alloy Steel, International Nickel Co., 1949, 800 pages.
24. Nickel in Iron and Steel, Hall, A. M., John Wiley & Sons, 1954, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 54-11982, 595 pages.
25. Phase Transformation Kinetics and Hardenability of Medium-Carbon Alloy Steels, Cias, Witold W., Climax Molybdenum Co.
26. Republic Alloy Steels, Republic Steel, 1961, 523 pages.
27. Steel and Its Heat Treatment, Vol. I: Principles, Processes, Control, Bullen D.K., and the metallurgical staff of Battelle Memorial Institute, John Wiley & Sons, 1938, 445 pages.
28. Steel and Its Heat Treatment, Vol. II: Engineering and Special Purpose Steels,, Bullen D.K., and the metallurgical staff of Battelle Memorial Institute, John Wiley & Sons, 1939, 491 pages.
29. Steel and Its Heat Treatment: Bofors Handbook, Thelning, Karl-Erik (Ed.), Butterworths, 1973, ISBN 0-408-70651-1, 570 pages.
30. Steel Heat Treatment Handbook, Totten, George E. and Maurice A. H. Howes (Eds.), Marcel Dekker Inc, 1997, ISBN 0-8247-9750-7, 1192 pages.
31. Steel Strengthening Mechanisms (Symposium), Climax Molybdenum Co., 1969, 183 pages.
32. Steels: Heat Treatment and Processing Principles, Krauss, G., ASM International, 1990, ISBN 0-87170-370-X, 497 pages.
33. Steels, Metallurgy & Applications, 3rd Ed., Llewellyn, D. T. and R. C. Hudd, Butterworth Heinemann, 1998, ISBN 0-7506-3757-9, 389 pages.
34. Steels: Processing, Structure, and Performance, Krauss, George, 2005, ASM International, ISBN 0-87170-817-5, 613 pages
35. Steels for Elevated Temperature Service, United States Steel, 1952, 87 pages.
36. Transformation and Hardenability in Steels (Symposium), Climax Molybdenum Co., 1977, 212 pages.
37. Vanadium Steels and Irons, Vanadium Corporation of America, 189 pages.
38. ASM Metals Reference Book, Bauccio, Michael L., ASM International, 1983, ISBN 0-87170-478-1, 614 pages.
39. Bainite in Steels, Bhadeshia, H. K. D. H., The Institute of Materials, 1992, ISBN 0-901465-95-0, 451 pages.
40. Ferrous Physical Metallurgy, Sinha, Anil Kumar, Butterworths, 1989, ISBN 0-409-90139-3, 818 pages.
41. Handbook of Stress and Strength: Design and Material Applications, Lipson, Charles and Robert C. Juvinall, Macmillan Co., 1963, 459 pages.
42. Introduction to Metallurgical Thermodynamics, 2nd Edition, Gaskell, David R., 1981, McGraw-Hill Book Company, ISBN 0-07-022946-5, 611 pages.
43. Martensite, Olson, G. B., and W. S. Owen (Eds.), ASM International, 1992, ISBN 0-87170-434-X, 331 pages.
44. Metallurgist’s Manual, The (8 Volumes), Bamford, T. G. and H. Harris, Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1937, 256 pages.
45. Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist, Chandler, Harry E., ASM International, 1998, ISBN 0-87170-652-0, 284 pages.
46. Metallurgy Fundamentals, Brandt, Daniel A. and J. C. Warner, Goodheart-Willcox Co. Inc., 1999, ISBN 1-56637-543-6.
47. Metallurgy & Heat Treatment: The Pocket Book, Odeh, Atif A., Atrona Metallurgical Services Inc. 1996.
48. Metallurgy Theory and Practice, Allen, Dell K., American Technical Society, 1969, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 70-82378, 663 pages.
49. Methods in Non-Ferrous Metallurgical Analysis, Keffer, Robert, McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1928, 335 pages.
50. Physical Metallurgy, Reed-Hill, Robert E., D. Van Nostrand Co. Inc., 1964, 630 pages.
51. Physical Metallurgy for Engineers, 2nd Ed., Clark, Donald S. and Wilbur R. Varney, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1969, ISBN 0-44201-570-4, 629 pages.
52. Practical Data for Metallurgists, 17t Edition, The Timken Co., 1970, 100 pages.
53. Science and Engineering of Materials, The, Askland, D. (Ed.) PWS-KENT.
54. Structure and Properties of Alloys, 3rd Edition, Brick, Robert M., Robert B. Gordon and Arthur Phillips, 1965, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Library of Congress Catalog Number 64-18397, 503 pages.
55. ASM Specialty Handbook® Stainless Steels, Davis, J. R. (Ed.), 1994, ISBN 0-87170-503-6, 576 pages.
56. Stainless Steel Handbook, Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, 1959., 120 pages.
57. Metallurgy and Heat Treatment of Tool Steels, Wilson, Robert, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975, ISBN 0-07-084453-4, 378 pages.
58. Selection and Hardening of Tool Steels, Vol. 1 & 2, Seabright, L., Seabright Texts, 1975, 235 pages.
59. Tool Steel Handbook, Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation, 1959, 202 pages.
60. Tool Steels, 5th Ed., Roberts, G., G. Krauss and R. Kennedy, 1998, ASM International, ISBN 0-87170-599-0, 364 pages.
61. Tool Steel Simplified, Palmer and Luerssen, Carpenter Technology Corp., 1977, ISBN 0-31055-805-6, 555 pages.
62. Tool Steel Trouble Shooter, The: An Analysis of 107 Tool Failures, Bethlehem Steel Corp., 1964, 125 pages.
In Summary
As you can tell from the list above, some books are classics which have stood the test of time, some are relative newcomers, but all share the common trait that they are used each and every day by those of us who work in the fields of vacuum, heat treatment and metallurgy. The readers are encouraged to offer suggestions as to their favorite and most useful texts. Just e-mail the author at dherring@heat-treat-doctor.com and we will publish an updated list in the near future.
References
1. Herring, Daniel H., A Reference Library for Heat Treaters, Heat Treat Progress, April/May 2003.
2. Herring, Daniel H., A Heat Treaters Book Guide, Industrial Heating, July 2006 (additional content available on-line).
3. William R. Jones, Solar Atmospheres (www.solaratm.com), private correspondence.
Daniel H. Herring / Tel: (630) 834-3017) /E-mail: dherring@heat-treat-doctor.com
Dan Herring is president of THE HERRING GROUP Inc., which specializes in consulting services (heat treatment and metallurgy) and technical services (industrial education/training and process/equipment assistance. He is also a research associate professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology/Thermal Processing Technology Center.