STABILIZING TREATMENT. (1) Before finishing to final dimensions, repeatedly heating a ferrous or nonferrous part to or slightly above its normal operating temperature and then cooling to room temperature to ensure dimensional stability service. (2) Transforming retained austenite in quenched hardenable steels, usually cold treatment. (3) Heating a solution-treated stabilized grade of austenitic stainless steel to 879( to 900(C (1600( to 1650(F) to precipitate all carbon as TiC, NbC or TaC so that sensitization is avoided on subsequent exposure to elevated temperature.
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ULTIMATE STRENGTH. The maximum conventional stress (tensile, compressive or shear) that a material can withstand.
ACICULAR FERRITE. A highly substructed nonequaixed ferrite formed upon continuous cooling by a mixed diffusion and shear mode of transformation that begins at […]
SPALLING. A chipping or flaking of a surface due to any kind of improper heat treatment or material dissociation.
VACUUM ANNEALING. Annealing carried out at sub-atmospheric pressure.