Foundations of Materials Science and Engineering
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Chapter 9.13, Problem 17KCP
(a) What arc some of the limitations of plain-carbon steels for engineering designs? (b) What are the principal alloying elements added to plain-carbon steels to make low-alloy steels? (c) What elements dissolve primarily in the ferrite of carbon steels? (d) List in order of increasing carbide-forming tendency the following elements: titanium, chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, and tungsten.
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