Normalizing

Heating steel about 30–50 °C above the upper critical temperature and cooling in air. It refines grain size, homogenises the structure after forging or casting, and gives slightly higher strength than annealing.

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Annealing · Austenite · Bainite · Carbon equivalent (CEV) · Carburizing · Case hardening · Charpy impact test · Cold drawn · Decarburization · Elongation (A) · ESR (electroslag remelting) · Ferrite