Iron specials

Band-Forging Steel.—la the main this does noi differ materially from tbe same work in iron. Special care must be exercided to have the fire clear of sulphur, henoo charcoal is the best fuel to use. la cases where the use of bituminous coal cannot be avoided, the fire should be blowed up for eeveral xniQuies before putting in the steel, to drive off the sulphur. 

L Kroutikova, Novolipetsk Iron Steel. V.F. Muzhitskiy, B.F. Popel - Cran. Rm.sia. G.Y. Bezlyudko, Special Set. Instr., Ukraine. 

The AET was used at standard tests of numerous structural materials, above all steels and cast iron, prepared are ceramic samples. Part of tested samples had qjecial sur ce layer treatments by laser, plasma nitridation and similar. Effect of special surface treatment the authors published already earlier [5,6]. In this contribution are summed up typical courses of basic dependencies, measured by the AET at contact loading. 

In these tests it is to be determined if iron inclusions with a mass greater than a minimum value are present and, if yes, at what location within the disk. The large thickness of the disk is a special challenge. While eddy current and ultrasonic test generally fail we operate as follows. 

Cobalt is a bluish silvery metal, exhibits ferromagnetism, and can exist in more than one crystal form it is used in alloys for special purposes. Chemically it is somewhat similar to iron when heated in air it gives the oxides C03O4 and CoO, but it is less readily attacked by dilute acids. With halogens, the cobalt(II) halides are formed, except that with fluorine the (III) fluoride, C0F3, is obtained. 

Attention is directed to the fact that ether is highly inflammable and also extremely volatile (b.p. 35°), and great care should be taken that there is no naked flame in the vicinity of the liquid (see Section 11,14). Under no circumstances should ether be distilled over a bare flame, but always from a steam bath or an electrically-heated water bath (Fig.//, 5,1), and with a highly efficient double surface condenser. In the author s laboratory a special lead-covered bench is set aside for distillations with ether and other inflammable solvents. The author s ether still consists of an electrically-heated water bath (Fig. 11, 5, 1), fitted with the usual concentric copper rings two 10-inch double surface condensers (Davies type) are suitably supported on stands with heavy iron bases, and a bent adaptor is fitted to the second condenser furthermost from the water bath. The flask containing the ethereal solution is supported on the water bath, a short fractionating column or a simple bent still head is fitted into the neck of the flask, and the stUl head is connected to the condensers by a cork the recovered ether is collected in a vessel of appropriate size. 

Rare-earth compounds containing lanthanum are extensively used in carbon lighting applications, especially by the motion picture industry for studio lighting and projection. This application consumes about 25 percent of the rare-earth compounds produced. La203 improves the alkali resistance of glass, and is used in making special optical glasses. Small amounts of lanthanum, as an additive, can be used to produce nodular cast iron. 

The classification of hydrocarbons as aliphatic or aromatic took place m the 1860s when It was already apparent that there was something special about benzene toluene and their derivatives Their molecular formulas (benzene is CgHg toluene is C7Hj ) indicate that like alkenes and alkynes they are unsaturated and should undergo addition reac tions Under conditions m which bromine for example reacts rapidly with alkenes and alkynes however benzene proved to be inert Benzene does react with Bi2 m the pres ence of iron(III) bromide as a catalyst but even then addition isn t observed Substitu tion occurs instead ... 

There are numerous variations of the wet process, but all involve an initial step in which the ore is solubilized in sulfuric acid, or, in a few special instances, in some other acid. Because of this requirement for sulfuric acid, it is obvious that sulfur is a raw material of considerable importance to the fertilizer industry. The acid—rock reaction results in formation of phosphoric acid and the precipitation of calcium sulfate. The second principal step in the wet processes is filtration to separate the phosphoric acid from the precipitated calcium sulfate. Wet-process phosphoric acid (WPA) is much less pure than electric furnace acid, but for most fertilizer production the impurities, such as iron, aluminum, and magnesium, are not objectionable and actually contribute to improved physical condition of the finished fertilizer (35). Impurities also furnish some micronutrient fertilizer elements. 

Iron ores of different characteristics and compositions can be blended to a more uniform composition. This can be accompHshed during handling operations involved in transporting ore to its point of use, or through special blending faciUties, such as stacking and reclaiming. 

Lead and its alloys are generally melted, handled, and refined in cast-iron, cast-steel, welded-steel, or spun-steel melting ketdes without fear of contamination by iron (qv). Normal melting procedures require no dux cover for lead. Special reactive metal alloys require special alloying elements, duxes, or covers to prevent dross formation and loss of the alloying elements. 

Dead-burned dolomite is a specially sintered or double-burned form of dolomitic quicklime which is further stabilized by the addition of iron oxides. Historically, it was used as a refractory for lining steel furnaces, particularly open hearths, but as of this writing is used primarily in making dolomite refractory brick (see Refractories). 

Specialized alloys are used for high temperature appHcations on turbine blades, furnace parts, thermocouples, etc. These coatings can be as simple as iron—silicon—chromium or as exotic as chromium—aluminum—hafnium (36,41,52). 

Tungsten with the addition of as much as 5% thoria is used for thermionic emission cathode wires and as filaments for vibration-resistant incandescent lamps. Tungsten—rhenium alloys are employed as heating elements and thermocouples. Tantalum and niobium form continuous soHd solutions with tungsten. Iron and nickel are used as ahoy agents for specialized appHcations. 

H. H. Hausner "Grain Growth During Sintering" in Special Report No. 58 of the Iron and Steel Institute, London, 1954, pp. 102—112. 

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