SOLID SOLUTION. A single, solid, homogenous crystalline phase containing two or more chemical species.
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SEVERITY OF QUENCH. Ability of quenching medium to extract heat from a hot steel workpiece; expressed in terms of the H value.
THERMAL STRESS. Stresses in metal resulting from non-uniform temperature distribution.