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Damascus and pattern-welded steels : forging blades since the iron age /

Steels are a class of materials with multiple and complicated transformations; this is true even for steels of the basic cutlery industry. A damascus steel is a fascinating subject to study, rich in multiple facets, that appears in a first approach as a composite material artistically exploited. Dama...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Durand-Charre, Madeleine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Les Ulis, France] : EDP Sciences, 2014.
Colección:Science des matériaux
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Aknowledgements
  • First part : The Blacksmithâ€?s steel spanning four millennia
  • 1 Primitive iron
  • 2 Blacksmith steel before the Christian era
  • 3 The swords of the first millennium AD
  • 4 Did you say Damascus steel, Damascene or damask?
  • 5 From swords to knives
  • 6 The swords of the second millennium
  • 7 Art and Technology in the third millennium
  • Second part : Formation of the damask pattern
  • 8 Understanding steels
  • 9 Pattern-welding
  • 10 Moire pattern in wootz type, high carbon steels
  • 11 Alignments in medium carbon steels12 References
  • 13 Index