SUPERHEATING. Heating above the temperature at which an equilibrium phase transformation should occur without actually obtaining the transformation.
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TRANSGRANULAR FRACTURE. Fracture through or across the crystals or grains of a metal. Also called transcrystalline fracture or intracrystalline fracture.
SPALLING. A chipping or flaking of a surface due to any kind of improper heat treatment or material dissociation.
WATER QUENCHING. A quench in which water is the quenching medium. The major disadvantage of water quenching is its poor efficiency at the […]