{"id":8903,"date":"2016-01-28T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.asminternational.org\/hts-new\/results\/-\/journal_content\/56\/10192\/26130989\/NEWS\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T04:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T04:49:27","slug":"one-minute-mentor-quenching-of-hot-work-tool-steels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asminternational.org\/hts\/one-minute-mentor-quenching-of-hot-work-tool-steels\/","title":{"rendered":"One Minute Mentor: Quenching of Hot-Work Tool Steels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tHot-work steels range from high to extremely high in hardenability, so it is possible for them to achieve full hardness by cooling in still air. However, this is not recommended, because intense embrittlement occurs after slow cooling from hardening temperature.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEven with those types having the highest hardenability, sections of die blocks may be so large that insufficient hardening results. In such instances, pressurized nitrogen gas (in vacuum furnaces) or an oil quench is required to achieve full hardness. Hot-work steels are never water-quenched. The figure shows the Continuous Cooling Transformation (CCT) diagram for AISI 6F3.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tVolume 4D, <em>Heat Treating of Irons and Steels&nbsp;<\/em><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">?<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">Tool Steels&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">?<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">&nbsp;Heat Treating of hot-Work Tool Steels&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">?<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4;\">&nbsp; Heat Treatment of H Series and Low-Alloy Hot-Work Steels&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hot-work steels range from high to extremely high in hardenability, so it is possible for them to achieve full hardness by cooling in still air. 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