STABILIZING TREATMENT. (1) Before finishing to final dimensions, repeatedly heating a ferrous or nonferrous part to or slightly above its normal operating temperature and then cooling to room temperature to ensure dimensional stability service. (2) Transforming retained austenite in quenched hardenable steels, usually cold treatment. (3) Heating a solution-treated stabilized grade of austenitic stainless steel to 879( to 900(C (1600( to 1650(F) to precipitate all carbon as TiC, NbC or TaC so that sensitization is avoided on subsequent exposure to elevated temperature.
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TRANSFORMATION HARDENING. Heat treatment comprising austenitization followed by cooling under conditions such that the austenite transforms more or less completely into martensite and […]
WHITE LAYER. Compound layer that forms as a result of the nitriding process.
STRESS. Force per unit area, often thought of as force acting through a small area within a plane. It can be divided into […]
TOTAL CARBON. The sum of the free and combined carbon (including carbon in solution) in a ferrous alloy.