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200 10$aDamascus and pattern-welded steels $eforging blades since the iron age /$fMadeleine Durand-Charre
210  1$a[Les Ulis, France] :$cEDP Sciences,$d2014.
210  4$d©2014
215   $a1 online resource (223 p.)
225 0 $aScience des matériaux
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a2-7598-1173-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a""Table of contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Aknowledgements""; ""First part : The Blacksmitha???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""
327   $a""11 Alignments in medium carbon steels""""12 References""; ""13 Index""
330   $aSteels are a class of materials with multiple and complicated transformations; this is true even for steels of the basic cutlery industry. A damascus steel is a fascinating subject to study, rich in multiple facets, that appears in a ?rst approach as a composite material artistically exploited. Damacus steel was developed in the ?rst millennium AD in India or Sri-Lanka. Its reputation is related to its exceptional properties and to the moire pattern. A similar damask pattern could be obtained by forge-welding giving rise to controversies. Recent ?ndings allow a better understanding of this pattern formation. This book presents ?rstly, observations of ancient blade samples examined with modern technologies such as electron microscopy. The features of many typical swords from different periods are discussed: Celtic, Merovingian, Viking and oriental wootz swords, Persian shamshirs, Japanese katana, rapiers etc. In the second part, microstructural observations at different levels of magni?cation are displayed and their interpretation is discussed in detail, thus revealing the secret of sophisticated forgings. One chapter is devoted to introducing the main transformations undergone by these steels during the forging processes. The book is intended for all those people interested in the history of science and more speci?cally to the metallurgists, to the archaeologists and all the researchers confronted with the problems of the expertise of the vestiges, to the blacksmiths, and to the collectors of valuable artistic blades.
410  0$aScience des Matériaux Ser.
606   $aBlacksmithing
606   $aForge welding
606   $aKnives
606   $aSwords
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aBlacksmithing.
615  0$aForge welding.
615  0$aKnives.
615  0$aSwords.
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