SNAP TEMPER. A precautionary interim stress-relieving treatment applied to high-hardenability steels immediately after quenching to prevent cracking because of delay in tempering them at the prescribed higher temperature.
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STRAIN HARDENING. An increase in hardness and strength caused by plastic deformation at temperatures below the recrystallization range.
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VACUUM FURNACE. A furnace using low atmospheric pressures instead of a protective gas atmosphere like most heat-treating furnaces. Vacuum furnaces are categorized at […]
STRESS EQUALIZING. A low-temperature heat treatment used to balance stresses in cold-worked material without an appreciable decrease in the mechanical strength produced by […]