Review of selected steel-related factors controlling distortion in heat-treatable steels

Heat Treatment of Metals

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 27-36

  Cook, W T ^b   Cook, Bill ^a  

^a SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; HARDENING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISTORTION CONTROL;

STEEL HEAT TREATMENT;

EID: 0032642088     PISSN: 03054829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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