SELECTIVE HEATING. Intentionally heating only certain portions of a workpiece.
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SPRING TEMPER. A temper of nonferrous alloys and some ferrous alloys characterized by tensile strength and hardness about two-thirds of the way from […]
SUPERCOOLING. Cooling below the temperature at which an equilibrium phase transformation can take place, without actually obtaining the transformation.
SPALLING. A chipping or flaking of a surface due to any kind of improper heat treatment or material dissociation.
STRESS RELIEVING. Heating to a suitable temperature, holding long enough to reduce residual stresses and then cooling slowly to minimize the development of […]