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Principles of the Heat Treatment of Plain Carbon and Low Alloy Steels
ASM International
ISBN electronic:
978-1-62708-353-9
Publication date:
1996
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Appendix 12: Description of Hardness Code and Specification of Hardness Numbers for Metals
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Published:1996
Abstract
This appendix provides a description of the hardness code and specification of hardness numbers for metals.
Topics
Dislocations,
Crystal morphology,
Grain morphology,
Microstructure,
Carbon steel,
Low-alloy steel,
Structural steel,
Hardenability testing,
Precipitation hardening,
Annealing,
Austenitizing,
Normalizing,
Oil quenching,
Water quenching,
Austempering,
Martempering,
Tempering,
Chemical composition,
Rate of decomposition,
Hardenability,
Fracture toughness,
Hardness,
Plastic deformation properties,
Tensile properties,
Heat transfer properties,
Recrystallization temperature,
Phase,
Phase transformations
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Description of Hardness Code and Specification of Hardness Numbers for Metals, Principles of the Heat Treatment of Plain Carbon and Low Alloy Steels, By Charlie R. Brooks, ASM International, 1996, p 431, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.phtpclas.t64560431
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