WORK HARDNESS. Hardness developed in metal resulting from cold working.
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THERMAL STRESS. Stresses in metal resulting from non-uniform temperature distribution.
VACUUM DEPOSITION. Condensation of thin metal coatings on the cool surface of work in a vacuum.
SEVERITY OF QUENCH. Ability of quenching medium to extract heat from a hot steel workpiece; expressed in terms of the H value.
THERMAL FATIGUE. Fracture resulting from the presence of temperature gradients that vary with time in such a manner as to produce cyclic stresses […]