SOAKING. Prolonged holding at a selected temperature to effect homogenization of structure or composition.
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SPALLING. A chipping or flaking of a surface due to any kind of improper heat treatment or material dissociation.
SECONDARY HARDNESS. The higher hardness developed by certain alloy steels when they are cooled from a tempering operation. This should always be followed […]
SELECTIVE QUENCHING. Quenching only certain portions of an object.
SURFACE HARDENING. A generic term covering several processes applicable to a suitable ferrous alloy that produces, by quench hardening only, a surface layer […]