WORK HARDNESS. Hardness developed in metal resulting from cold working.
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TOTAL CARBON. The sum of the free and combined carbon (including carbon in solution) in a ferrous alloy.
WATER QUENCHING. A quench in which water is the quenching medium. The major disadvantage of water quenching is its poor efficiency at the […]
SOLID SOLUTION. A single, solid, homogenous crystalline phase containing two or more chemical species.
TEMPERING. Reheating quenched steel to a temperature below the critical range, followed by any desired rate of cooling. Tempering is done to relieve […]