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440C tempering question

440C tempering question

440C tempering question

(OP)
I have a 440C part that is tempered at 400 F to a Rockwell C hardness of 58-60.  I am looking into a coating process that needs to be done at 428 F.  Will being at that temperature reduce the hardness or change any of its other properties significantly?

RE: 440C tempering question

You should be right ~Rc58 after some time at 428F, according to my old Carpenter SS book.  Watch out for decarb.

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RE: 440C tempering question

(OP)
Thank you!

RE: 440C tempering question

Decarb at 428F?      

RE: 440C tempering question

Hardly.  But I've heat treated a lot of 440C, and if the austenitizing furnace atmosphere is the least bit oxidizing or not reducing enough, it will decarb.

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