Category:Heat Treating

Pearlite, Ferrite, Cementite, Austenite (retained), Martensite (plate, lath), Bainite, Grain size, Grain boundaries, Carbide fraction, Carbide precipitation

Iron-Carbon phase diagram

TTT curves

Thermal cycling

Annealing

Normalization

Stress relieving

Austenization


 * atmosphere (vacuum, gas, high temp salt)

Quenching


 * oil


 * air


 * forced air


 * water


 * brine

Tempering

Cold/Cryo treatment

Marquenching

Austempering

Differential Hardening

Differential Tempering