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Jominy test [1 record]

Record 1 2003-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Quenching
DEF

A hardenability test in which a steel bar is heated to the desired austenitizing temperature and quench-hardened at one end and then measured for hardness along its length, beginning at the quenched end.

CONT

end-quench hardenability test. A laboratory procedure for determining the hardenability of a steel or other ferrous alloy; widely referred to as the Jominy test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trempe (Métal)
DEF

Méthode d'essai de trempabilité des aciers, consistant en une trempe à l'eau, avec gradient de refroidissement, d'une éprouvette cylindrique, dont on prend alors la dureté le long d'une génératrice.

Spanish

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