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Description: | The steel has been rapidly quenched. This leads to a rapid volume change due to thermal expansion. In this case the steel has been unable to plastically deform to accommodate this change. This leads to the nucleation of cracks in the metal. This is exacerbated by the fact that the quenching of steel promotes the formation of the brittle phase martensite. |
Keywords: | alloy • carbon • iron • martensite • metal • quenching • steel |
Categories: | Science approaches > Microstructure Materials > Metals & alloys > Carbon steels Processes > Thermal treatments > Quenching Testing, analysis & experimentation > Metallography Scale > Micro |
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Dr R F Cochrane, Department of Materials, University of Leeds DoITPoMS, University of Cambridge |
Published by: | DoITPoMS, University of Cambridge | License: | This resource is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license (2.0 UK: England & Wales). View the full legal code here. |
Date created: | 04 September 2002 |
Date added: | 21 August 2009 |
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Resource ID: | 1329 |