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<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

strength<br />

weight<br />

strength limited<br />

/ / cost limited<br />

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Chemical composition 223<br />

ceromics (75 37)<br />

x wood /<br />

x oluminium titonium (433)<br />

/ / corbon fibre (160, 31)<br />

ft steel<br />

'oncrete x plostic x copper<br />

cost<br />

I I<br />

6 8 10<br />

weight<br />

Fig. 6.1 Strength/weight and cost/weight ratios for different materials normalized to<br />

steel (1,1)<br />

peratures up to about 300°C, there is a progressive loss of strength above this temperature<br />

so that in an intense fire, bare steel may lose the major part of its structural<br />

strength. Although the hot strength and creep strength of steels at high<br />

temperature can be improved by special chemical formulation, it is usually cheaper<br />

to provide fire protection for normal structural steels by protective cladding.<br />

6.2 Chemical composition<br />

6.2.1 General<br />

The key to understanding the effects of chemical composition and heat treatment<br />

on the metallurgy and properties of steels is to recognize that the properties depend<br />

upon the following factors:<br />

(1) microstructure<br />

(2) grain size<br />

(3) non-metallic inclusions<br />

(4) precipitates within grains or at grain boundaries<br />

(5) the presence of absorbed or dissolved gases.

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