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Heat Treating of Steels and Metallic Materials J. Ernesto Indacochea University of Illinois at Chicago Civil Materials Engineering Dept. Annealing of Ferrous Alloys Normalizing: austenitizing and air cooling heat treatment to refine the grains, (e.g. following a rolling operation), it produces a more uniform and desirable grain size distribution. Full Annealing: austenitizing and furnace cool. It is used in low- and medium- carbon steels that need extensive machining or plastic deformation. Coarse microstructure is produced Spheroidizing: J. Ernesto Indacochea UIC 2 Heat Treatment of Steels: Hardenability effect of alloy composition on the ability of the steel to transform to martensite at a lower cooling rate. Ability of an alloy steel to be hardened by the formation of martensite. alloy additions J. Ernesto Indacochea UIC 3 Heat Treatment of Steels: Hardenability NOTE: hardness ≠ hardenabilty. Hardenability is the capability of an alloy steel to form martensite as a result of a given heat treatment. high hardenability in a steel means that the steel forms martensite not only at surface but to a large degree throughout the interior. Hardenability more related to depth of hardness of a steel upon heat treat. The depth of hardening in a plain carbon steel may be 2-3 mm vs 50 mm in an alloy steel J. Ernesto Indacochea UIC 4 Heat Treatment of Steels: Hardenability Alloy steels of high hardenability may be air hardened martensite is formed