In my search for a steel supplier in the Netherlands I came across this: table (it's a bit small, not my fault)

It's a table specifying the effect of an element in an alloy on the material's properties (like hardness, tensile strength, etc). I figured it was pretty useful and it might be for more people around here. There's a problem though: it's currently in Dutch, however I'm willing to make a translated version if a couple of people are interested. Maybe there's an English version around already. Let me know if anyone's interested!

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The effect of alloys in English is offered in the Bethlehem Steel publication, "Modern Steels and their Properties." My edition is the 7th, 1972. See pages 19 through 23. dealoz.com has the publication for sale. It's a good book of 208 pages, paperback.

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Or "Alloying Elements in Steel" Bain (as in Bainite!)

See also:

Tool Steel Simplified by Palmer and Leursen

Principles of Heat Treatment of Steel by George Krauss