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Heat Treatment 137<br />

1. Normalizing<br />

2. Anne aling.<br />

3. Hardening.<br />

4. Tempering<br />

5. Case hardening<br />

(a) Carburizing<br />

(b) Cyaniding<br />

(c) Nitriding<br />

6. Surface hardening<br />

(a) Induction hardening,<br />

(b) Flame hardening.<br />

Fig. 8.7 shows the heating temperature ranges for various heat treatment processes.<br />

1200<br />

1100<br />

1000<br />

900<br />

Austenite ( γ-Fe)<br />

Normalizing<br />

Annealing<br />

Hardening<br />

A 1130°C<br />

cm<br />

Temperature °C<br />

800<br />

700<br />

600<br />

500<br />

400<br />

300<br />

200<br />

100<br />

A U pper critical range<br />

C 1<br />

Ferrite<br />

Ferrite + Pearlite<br />

Process<br />

annealing<br />

High<br />

temperature<br />

tempering<br />

Low<br />

temperature<br />

tempering<br />

Pearlite<br />

Spheroidising<br />

A C3 Lower critical<br />

range 723°C<br />

Pearlite + Cementite<br />

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.5 2.0<br />

H ypo-eutec<strong>to</strong>id steel<br />

H yper-eutec<strong>to</strong>id steel<br />

8.8 NORMALIZING<br />

Carbon percentage<br />

Fig. 8.7 Heating temperature ranges for various heat treatment processes<br />

Normalizing is a defined as softening process in which iron base alloys are heated 40 <strong>to</strong> 50°C<br />

above the upper-critical limit for both hypo <strong>and</strong> hyper eutec<strong>to</strong>id steels <strong>and</strong> held there for a<br />

specified period <strong>and</strong> followed by cooling in still air up <strong>to</strong> room temperature. Fig 8.7 shows the

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