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

Damascus and pattern-welded steels : : Forging blades since the iron age / / Madeleine Durand-Charre.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EDP Sciences Backlist eBook Package 2001 - 2015
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Durand-Charre, Madeleine,
Place / Publishing House:Les Ulis : : EDP Sciences, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Science des matériaux / Materials
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Physical Description:1 online resource (223 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Aknowledgements
  • First part : The Blacksmith’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 steels
  • 12 References
  • 13 Index

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