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  • Does Heat Treatment Process Changes Composition?

    N.Gowtham Raj

    N.Gowtham Raj

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    Updated: Oct 22, 2024
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    Hey guys... It happened to hear that, a heat treated component made up of steel(Medium carbon steel for instance) will have a different composition in the core and circumference...

    It is a fact that the composition of the material changes slightly from point to point in a component but do HEAT Treatment has any effect over it??

    I need some validity.....
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Member • Jan 28, 2012

    Heat treatment of metals will not alter bulk chemical composition. However, it does alter microstructure wherein local compositional differences can happen.
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  • N.Gowtham Raj

    Member • Jan 29, 2012

    Thank you... But...
    It would be better if there are some references sir...... May be a journal or e book..
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Member • Jan 29, 2012

    N.Gowtham Raj
    Thank you... But...
    It would be better if there are some references sir...... May be a journal or e book..
    <a href="https://books.google.co.in/books?id=A2QG3UssqKUC&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Heat Treatment: Principles and Techniques - T. V. Rajan, C. P. Sharma, Ashok Sharma - Google Books</a>
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  • ISHAN TOPRE

    Member • Jan 29, 2012

    To state simply, heat treating of steel makes the outer surface harder as the cooling rate is high. The inner core is usually soft. The heat treatment changes the circumferential micro-structure to become Martensite.
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  • CE Designer

    Member • Jan 30, 2012

    There are different types of heat treatments for metal. Some are used to relieve streses within the metal, some are used to surface harden it. Some are used to make them tough, while some are used to reduce the hardness. This is a very broad topic, but the situation you are describing in your query is called surface hardenning. Here the metal is heated and then cooling rapidly, usually in water. Carbon molecules that migrated to the surface during heating become trapped at the surface when the object is quenched. This makes the surface very hard and the core very tough. A hammer head is engineered this way. Think about it 😉
    More info? Try to get your hand on Callister's Materials Science and Engineering.

    NOTE: This type of heat treating cannot be performed on low-carbon steels. For low carbon steels Carburizing is used to surface harden.
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  • Ammar Aziz

    Member • Jan 30, 2012

    if heat treatment of a material is carried out at some specific temperature range and pressure range then by altering the micro structure the depth of the added impurity also changes according to requirement
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