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Heat treating

technology Maturity 11-13

We can change metal with heat.

Heat-Treating-Furnace.jpg
Heat-Treating-Furnace.jpg
We make it very hot. Then we make it cold. This makes the metal strong. It can also stay soft. It helps us make things. Do you like metal?
Castings fresh from the heat treatment furnace.jpg
Castings fresh from the heat treatment furnace.jpg

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File:Heat-Treating-Furnace.jpg
Heat-Treating-Furnace.jpg
File:IronAlfa&IronGamma.svg
IronAlfa&IronGamma.svg
File:Photomicrograph of annealed and quenched steel, from 1911 Britannica plates 11 and 14.jpg
Photomicrograph of annealed and quenched...
File:Iron carbon phase diagram.svg
Iron carbon phase diagram.svg
File:Ülieutektoidne teras.jpg
Ülieutektoidne teras.jpg
File:DiagrammeTTT.GIF
DiagrammeTTT.GIF
File:Castings fresh from the heat treatment furnace.jpg
Castings fresh from the heat treatment furnace.jpg
File:Tempering standards used in blacksmithing.JPG
Tempering standards used in blacksmithing.JPG
File:Katana hardened edge pic with inset of nioi.JPG
Katana hardened edge pic with inset of nioi.JPG
File:Computerised Heat Treatment Furnance.jpg
Computerised Heat Treatment Furnance.jpg
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Fluidised Beds.jpg
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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 11.8 | Vital Level 4