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Heat Treatment

Salt Bath Heat Treatment: Quenching, Tempering, and Neutral Salts

Technical guide to salt bath heat treatment. Covers neutral chloride salts, nitrate-nitrite quench baths, martempering in salt, and health/safety considerations.