Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards Vol. 6: Steel World Standards Mutual Speedy Finder.

19, 502 + XII Seiten. Gebunden Leinen.

Steel is not an exclusive commodity of any one country; it has no geographical boundaries. The steel standards of a country are generally established on a basis of chemical composition, physical properties, application etc., but not necessarily on a common universal basis. Often the conditions and needs of the country are reflected and incorporated therein. Thus, the standards even for the same grade of steel differ from one country to another. Such differences are a constant source of inconvenience, especially, to those who are engaged in foreign trade, dealing with steels, steel products and machine and plants that use all kinds and types of steel. It is not only inconvenient, but it is time-consuming to identify and compare the steel standards of one's own country with those of others for the same grade of steel or to compare their specifications, for example, chemical composition. Thus, there is a tendency to evade the practice of identification and comparison by those to whom time is particularly limited, although they realize the full importance and necessity of such a practice. Despite the worldwide recognition for the need of arranging the steel standards and specifications of major industrial countries of the world in a single volume in such a form as to allow ready identification and comparison, such an undertaking has not yet been attempted because of the extreme difficulties and pain-staking efforts involved. In response to the requests and needs of business and industry, The International Technical Information Institute (ITI) has organized a team of specialists to undertake such an undertaking. These specialists re-present many engineering and scientific and they are associated with a broad range of industrial and academic institutions. They have collected steel standards and specifications of the major countries and tabulated them by country, standards, and grade in a readily comparable form in a single volume. The result of their devotion to diligent and continued efforts is the Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards. For convenience, the Handbook is prepared in English and Japanese and its first edition was published in 1974 and revised in 1980 and 1982.