Experimental determination of the temperature evolution within the quenchant during immersion quenching in still water Online publication date: Mon, 19-Dec-2011
by Bernardo Hernández-Morales; Ayax López Valdéz; Héctor J. Vergara-Hernández; Gustavo Sánchez Sarmiento; Analía Gastón; George E. Totten
International Journal of Microstructure and Materials Properties (IJMMP), Vol. 6, No. 6, 2011
Abstract: Experimentally, steel quenching processing is studied by inserting thermocouples into a probe or actual part to determine cooling curves. However, this is not always possible. To explore the possibilities and limitations of a technique based on measuring the temperature increase of the quenchant in the vicinity of the cooling metal surface, experimental work with a conical-end cylindrical AISI 304 stainless steel test probe quenched in still water at 60°C, with thermocouples located within the probe and in the quenchant, was conducted. The thermal response in the quenchant was quite sensitive to the proximity of the thermocouple to the surface of the metal as well as to the thermocouple position in the vertical direction. The quenchant volume must also be considered carefully.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Microstructure and Materials Properties (IJMMP):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook