SELECTIVE HEATING. Intentionally heating only certain portions of a workpiece.
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SECONDARY HARDNESS. The higher hardness developed by certain alloy steels when they are cooled from a tempering operation. This should always be followed […]
ULTIMATE STRENGTH. The maximum conventional stress (tensile, compressive or shear) that a material can withstand.
SLACK QUENCHING. The incomplete hardening of steel due to quenching from the austenitizing temperature at a rate slower than the critical cooling rate […]
WATER QUENCHING. A quench in which water is the quenching medium. The major disadvantage of water quenching is its poor efficiency at the […]