**Meet the editor**

Dr. Frank Czerwinski holds a Ph.D. degree in metallurgical engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Ph.D. (Hons) and M.Sci. (Hons) degrees in materials science from the University of Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland. He has also completed post-doctoral studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario and at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. Dur-

ing his professional career, Dr. Czerwinski was a University Professor of materials and metallurgical engineering and the faculty member. He was also Manager and Principal Scientist of numerous research projects sponsored by universities, research institutions and industry. At present, he is with CanmetMATERIALS, Canada's principal federal research and development laboratory for metals and materials. Dr. Czerwinski is the author of 2 books as well as the author and co-author of 16 patents and over 150 research papers in peer-review scientific journals and conference proceedings.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 2 **Regenerative Heat Treatment** 

Grzegorz Golański

Chapter 4 **A Review on the Heat Treatment** 

Frank Czerwinski

Chapter 6 **Carbonitriding of Materials** 

Angel Zumbilev

Chapter 7 **Methodology of Thermal Research** 

Anna Biedunkiewicz

Chapter 8 **Effects of Heat Treatments on** 

**of Low Alloy Cast Steel 21** 

Chapter 3 **Deformation Reduction of Bearing Rings** 

**by Modification of Heat Treating 41**  Anton Panda, Jozef Jurko and Iveta Pandová

**of Al-Si-Cu/Mg Casting Alloys 55**  A.M.A. Mohamed and F.H. Samuel

Chapter 5 **Thermochemical Treatment of Metals 73** 

**in Low Temperature Plasma 113** 

**in Materials Engineering 135** 

**the Thermoluminescence and Optically Stimulated Luminescence of Nanostructured Aluminate Doped with Rare-Earth and Semi-Metal Chemical Element 177** 

Sonia Hatsue Tatumi, Alexandre Ventieri, José Francisco Sousa Bitencourt, Katia Alessandra Gonçalves, Juan Carlos Ramirez Mittani, René Rojas Rocca and Shiva do Valle Camargo

Chapter 1 **Design of Cooling Units for Heat Treatment 1**  Michal Pohanka and Petr Kotrbáček
