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NORMALISING
Also used to soften and relieve internal stresses after cold work and to refine the grain size and m etallurgical…
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ANNEALING
Annealing is a heat treatment procedure involving heating the alloy and holding it at a certain temperature (annealin g temperature),…
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BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HEAT TREATMENT
Heat treatment of a metal or alloy is a technological procedure, including controlled heating and cooling operations, conducted for the…
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Classification of Cast Iron
The term cast iron, like the term steel, identifies a large family of ferrous alloys. Cast irons are multicomponent ferrous…
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Casting Alloy Solidification
The phenomenon of solidification takes an important role in various fields since it causes great impact in time taken for…
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Casting Alloy Characteristics
Based on various studies, the most favorable composition of alloys used in for casting applications, exhibits improved mechanical and physical…
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Iron Alloy
Iron alloy, as the name suggests, is an alloy that have iron as the principal component. Iron is used as…
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Eutectic phase diagrams
Materials showing a eutectic phase diagram often are technically highly relevant. Figure 2.12: a) Eutectic phase diagram of PbSn. b) lamellar…
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METAL TYPES
The metals that Steelworkers work with are divided into two general classifications: ferrous and nonferrous. Ferrous metals are those composed…
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IRON CARBON DIAGRAM
Iron-carbon phase diagram Iron-carbon phase diagram describes the iron-carbon system of alloys containing up to 6.67% of carbon, discloses the …
