Heat Treating Is a Process of Heating and Cooling Steel

question 158

True/False

Heat treating is a process of heating and cooling steel using specific controlled conditions and techniques. Steel is very hard when initially formed and allowed to cool naturally.

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Definitions:

Gray Iron

A type of cast iron characterized by its graphitic microstructure, which gives it good machinability and vibration damping properties.

Flask

In manufacturing, often refers to a container or casing used in the process of forming metal castings.

Drag

A force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid; it also describes the resistance an object encounters while moving through a fluid (like air or water).

Cope

In construction and metalworking, to shape the end of a beam or metal profile so that it fits the contours of another for a joining process.