7. Various alloys

Figure 1 - Metastable equilibrium diagram for iron-carbon alloys (for the Fe-C stable equilibrium diagram, see figure )

Figure 2 - Cooling from austenitic state

Figure 3 - Post-hardening tempering of steel: influence of temperature

Figure 4 - Influence of alloying elements on the microstructure of steels

Figure 5 - Influence of alloying elements on hardening and tempering

Figure 6 - Structural steels: mechanical properties after quenching and tempering (after Murry [9] and [36])

Figure 7 - Stainless steels: Schaeffler diagram and influence of work hardening rate

Figure 8 - Stable iron-graphite equilibrium diagram

Figure 9 - Aluminium alloys: characteristics after thermomechanical treatments

Figure 10 - Mechanical strength and ductility of aluminum alloys: influence of temperature after 1,000 h at test temperature

Figure 11 - Titanium alloys: mechanical properties

Figure 12 - Creep fracture stress of nickel-based superalloys

Figure 13 - Refractory metals: mechanical strength as a function of temperature

Figure 14 - Shape memory alloys: superelastic behavior and memory effects

Figure 15 - Mechanical properties of metal matrix composites (after Hottebert [12])