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Heat Treatment Processes for Steel by A-Reader is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the process of heat treating steel. It describes three main heat treating processes: annealing, quenching, and tempering. Annealing relieves internal stresses by heating steel to allow relaxation. Quenching involves heating steel to form austenite and then rapidly cooling to form a hard martensitic structure. Tempering then reduces brittleness by partially transforming martensite to reduce stresses and defects. The document provides context on steel production and the goal of adjustin
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