SOLUTION HEAT TREATMENT. Heating an alloy to a suitable temperature, holding at that temperature long enough to cause one or more constituents to enter into a solid solution, and then cooling rapidly enough to hold these constituents in solution.
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VACUUM DEPOSITION. Condensation of thin metal coatings on the cool surface of work in a vacuum.
SUPERHEATING. Heating above the temperature at which an equilibrium phase transformation should occur without actually obtaining the transformation.
WATER QUENCHING. A quench in which water is the quenching medium. The major disadvantage of water quenching is its poor efficiency at the […]
SPALLING. A chipping or flaking of a surface due to any kind of improper heat treatment or material dissociation.