Heat treatment involves the controlled heating and cooling of a metal to obtain desirable changes in its mechanical properties. It can be used to increase the machinability and performance of metals.
Learning Objectives
- Define heat treatment of metals
- Define quenching
- Describe and compare annealing, normalizing, and tempering
- Compare different methods of hardening metals
- Identify which heat treatment methods can be used on various steels and steel alloys
Language: English