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Handbook of Quenchants and Quenching Technology
By: G.E. Totten, C.E. Bates and N.A. Clinton; Hardbound; Publisher: ASM; Publication Date: 1992; ISBN 0-87170-448-X; 507 pages
$85.00

An Authoritative Source: The Handbook of Quenchants and Quenching Technology is just what you need to learn both the theory and application of quenching. This book provides much-needed information on the selection and use of numerous types of quenching. For example, oil, water, salt, aqueous polymers, brine, fluidized bed, and high-pressure gas quenching are all discussed in detail. Less commonly used quenchants such as quenching into a magnetic medium, ultrasonic quenching, aus-bay quenching, HIP quenching, etc., are also discussed.

Contents include:
• Introduction to Heat Treating of Steel
• Measuring Hardenability and Quench Severity
• Cooling Curve Analysis
• Quenching Oils
• Polymer Quenchants
• Quench Bath Maintenance
• Spray Quenching
• Other Quenching Media
• Quench Bath Design
• Impeller Agitation
• Quench Distortion