Extension of open hearth steel production during 1914-1918 almost eliminated bessemer steel in Great Britain; standard steel rail specification revised in 1922; controlled cooling by Sandberg process; test methods; battering of rail ends not being serious problem, rail ends are not hardened; illustration summarizes changes in chemical composition, hardness and microstructure of British rails, from 1890 to 1940.
Heat treated rails widely used in Great Britain
Metal Progress
Metal Progress ; 41 , n 5
1942
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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