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.


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    Title :

    Heat treated rails widely used in Great Britain


    Additional title:

    Metal Progress


    Contributors:
    Allen, C.J. (author)

    Published in:

    Metal Progress ; 41 , n 5


    Publication date :

    1942


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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