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刀具淬火（Tool hardening） Study on quenching process and quenching agent As a few friends asked about the problem of quenching, I would like to add a few things that I have written on other forums before. Study on quenching process and quenching agent (1) In the process of making tools, I think the quenching process is the most complex and difficult to control. The quenching process is complex because of quenching to obtain martensite, cooling speed must be greater than the critical cooling rate, and rapid cooling and will inevitably lead to higher internal stress, often caused by deformation or cracking of the cutter body, or make the knife toughness decrease in the process of using edge easy to crack. If the cooling rate is less than the critical speed, the horse body will not be obtained after quenching, and the hardness, wear resistance and sharpness of the blade are not enough. Therefore, when quenching, the cooling rate must be just right, it is necessary to ensure martensite, but also to reduce deformation, prevent cracking and maintain toughness, which is the most important problem in the quenching process. First, in order to meet the above requirements, we first have to master the ideal cooling rate of the steel during quenching. From the overcooling Austenite Isothermal Transformation curve diagram we can see that the supercooled austenite at the range of 500 degrees - 650 change is the fastest speed, higher than the temperature range and below this temperature range, the supercooled austenite is relatively stable, the transition speed slightly slow. So when quenching to get martensite, does not require rapid cooling in the cooling process, but the rapid cooling in the 650 - 500 degrees, can be cooled slowly in more than 650 degrees, to reduce the stress caused by the temperature difference between inside and outside of the knife body heat, 300 degrees Celsius and cooling slowly, avoid the process of austenite to martensite transformation has, caused by excessi