To: Red Badger
If the heating does not go all the way through then the center would not get to liquidus.
It sounds like he is making a thin layer or martensite, over layer of bainite.
But that would not explain why it would be harder than martensite. Unless they are confusing fracture toughness with hardness. I'd like to see the microstructure!
10 posted on
06/10/2011 7:40:16 AM PDT by
Mikey_1962
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To: Mikey_1962
Confusing fracture toughness with hardness,that sounds more like it,invented a heat-treatment is like new math.
13 posted on
06/10/2011 7:48:41 AM PDT by
Vaduz
To: Mikey_1962
Go to the link and read the rest of the story. There is martensite, bainite, austinite and carbides all in the structure.................
14 posted on
06/10/2011 7:49:35 AM PDT by
Red Badger
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To: Mikey_1962
If the heating does not go all the way through then the center would not get to liquidus. Heating the sheet by running an electric current through it would cause the sheet to heat fairly evenly.
33 posted on
06/10/2011 9:10:27 AM PDT by
PapaBear3625
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