TY - BOOK ID - 137012382 TI - History, Developments and Trends in the Heat Treatment of Steel PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - Vanadis 6 die steel KW - surface finish KW - nitriding KW - PVD coating KW - toughness KW - fractography KW - cryogenic treatment KW - cryo-treatment KW - mechanical properties KW - microstructure KW - cryo-processing KW - 20Cr2Ni4A KW - vacuum carburizing KW - ion implantation KW - rare earths KW - catalysis KW - carbon diffusion KW - vanadis 6 steel KW - sub-zero treatment at −75 °C KW - hardness KW - fracture toughness KW - grade 92 steel weldment KW - post-welding heat treatment KW - tensile straining KW - hydrogen embrittlement KW - metallography and fractography KW - ledeburitic tool steels KW - carburizing KW - rare-earth element pre-implantation KW - sub-zero treatments UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137012382 AB - Steels and their heat treatment are still very important in modern industry because most industrial components are made from these materials. The proper choice of steel grades along with their suitable processing makes it possible to reduce the weight of the components, which is closely related to energy and fuel savings. This has decisive importance in branches such as the automotive, transport, consumer industries. A great number of novel heat- and surface-treatment techniques have been developed over the past three decades. These techniques involve, for example, vacuum treatment, sub-zero treatment, laser/electron beam surface hardening and alloying, low-pressure carburizing and nitriding, and physical vapour deposition. This Special Issue contains a collection of original research articles on not only advanced heat-treatment techniques—carburizing and sub-zero treatments—but also on the microstructure–property relationships in different ferrous alloys. ER -