420 SS Heat Treatment
420 SS Heat Treatment
(OP)
This alloy can have a variety of heat treatments applied: Process anneal, full anneal and of course hardened and temper.
However, normalizing is not recommended for this alloy. Why not?
However, normalizing is not recommended for this alloy. Why not?





RE: 420 SS Heat Treatment
Read the producer data sheets.
https://www.atimetals.com/Products/Documents/datas...
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P.E. Metallurgy, Plymouth Tube
RE: 420 SS Heat Treatment
RE: 420 SS Heat Treatment
RE: 420 SS Heat Treatment
If you mean the cooling rate, air cool vs oil or water cool, normalizing may give you insufficient cooling rate to get full martensitic for a large cross section, then slower cool will give you some grain boundary carbide leading to intergranular corrosion. this can worsen the effect of H2 embrittlement.
being said, normalization can sometimes be used for grain refinement.