Heat and thermomechanical treatments of high-carbon structural steel

Soviet progress in thermomechanical treatment of metals

“…However , the effect of the magnetic field was not determined . Later investigations on plain carbon rail steel and low alloy structural steel emphasized the effect of holding times and cooling rates on properties (43,182). Longitudinal cracks present after water q"enching could be prevented by the slower cooling obtained with a sliding water-air spraye r mechanism , as shown in Figure 16 (182).…”