TRANSFORMATION HARDENING. Heat treatment comprising austenitization followed by cooling under conditions such that the austenite transforms more or less completely into martensite and possibly into bainite.
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TOUGHNESS. The ability of a metal to absorb energy and deform plastically before fracturing.
SELECTIVE QUENCHING. Quenching only certain portions of an object.
WHITE LAYER. Compound layer that forms as a result of the nitriding process.
SHEAR. (1) That type of force that causes or tends to cause two contiguous parts of the same body to slide relative to […]