SPRAY QUENCHING. A quenching process using spray nozzles to spray water or other liquids on a part. The quench rate is controlled by the velocity and volume of liquid per unit area per unit of time of impingement.
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SPALLING. A chipping or flaking of a surface due to any kind of improper heat treatment or material dissociation.
SEVERITY OF QUENCH. Ability of quenching medium to extract heat from a hot steel workpiece; expressed in terms of the H value.
SOLUTION HEAT TREATMENT. Heating an alloy to a suitable temperature, holding at that temperature long enough to cause one or more constituents to […]
THERMOCOUPLE. A device for measuring temperatures, consisting of lengths of two dissimilar metals or alloys that are electrically joined at one end and […]