"Pearlitic steel is the strongest commercially available mass-produced alloy, and pearlite is routinely used for tyre reinforcement in every single road vehicle in the world. Pearlite in Steels is the first book dedicated to pearlitic steels and uniquely covers the topic in depth to provide readers with comprehensive coverage of fundamentals and advances in this vital and wide-reaching engineered material. Details the relationship between transformations and properties. Discusses all aspects of structure and properties. Covers the twisting of pearlitic wires, particularly important in the creation of the strongest of ropes in large-scale engineering applications. Highlights difficulties and inconsistencies, thereby helping to develop research. Aimed at materials engineers and metallurgists, this book by a leading global authority on the subject offers readers the deepest and broadest overview of pearlite in steels to date"--.