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Thermomechanical Processing of Ferrous Alloys

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Thermomechanical treatments have demonstrated great promise for increasing the strength and other mechanical properties of ferrous alloys. Various types of thermomechanical treatments can be defined, depending on the position in the heat-treatment cycle where the deformation is introduced. The characteristics of various treatments are briefly described. After a discussion of the inherent limitations of thermomechanical processing, examples are given from recent U.S. programs and from the Soviet literature of a number of components which have been produced by thermomechanical processing. Reasons for the lack of commercial utilization of these processes in the face of the widespread interest are presented.

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Kula, E.B., Azrin, M. (1978). Thermomechanical Processing of Ferrous Alloys. In: Burke, J.J., Weiss, V. (eds) Advances in Deformation Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4024-9_8

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