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What Is Case Hardening
Case hardening is a technique in which the metal surface is reinforced by the adding of a fine layer at…
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Martempering/Marquenching
Marquenching/Martempering is a form of heat treatment applied as an interrupted quench of steels typically in a molten salt bath…
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Austempering
Austempering is a heat treating process for medium-to-high carbon ferrous metals which produces a metallurgical structure called bainite. It is…
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Jominy End Quench Test of Hardenability
“This is a classic test to evaluate how heat treatments affect steel properties” Steel can be very hard or very…
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Hardenability
A measure of how easy it is to fully harden a steel is known as its hardenability. The higher the…
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Tempering
Tempering is a low temperature (below A1) heat treatment process normally performed after neutral hardening, double hardening, atmospheric carburising, carbonitriding…
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Normalising
Normalising aims to give the steel a uniform and fine-grained structure. The process is used to obtain a predictable microstructure…
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Spheroidizing
Spheroidizing refers to a heat treatment material modification process that is used to convert granular structures of the material into…
Construction Equipments and Techniques 2 min read
PLASTERING
Applying mortar coats on the surfaces of walls, columns, ceiling etc. to get smooth finish is termed as plastering. Mortar…
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Recrystallisation
Recrystallisation is a process accomplished by heating whereby deformed grains are replaced by a new set of grains that nucleate…