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AS CAST [1 record]

Record 1 2016-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Casting and Patternmaking (Metal Processing)
DEF

Describes the condition of a metal product which has been produced by casting, before it has undergone heat treatment.

CONT

Although [austenitic manganese steels] are brittle in their as-cast condition, their high toughness is obtained after a solution annealing and quenching heat treatment.

PHR

As-cast structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moulage et modelage des métaux
DEF

Se dit de la structure d'un métal coulé n'ayant subi aucun traitement thermique ultérieur.

CONT

[Les aciers austénitiques au manganèse] sont fragiles dans leur état brut de coulée, mais leur ténacité peut être grandement accrue en les soumettant à un traitement thermique de recuit de solution et de trempe.

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