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Heat Treatment of 440 Stainless Steel

I would like a federal standard or mil-std reference for Heat Treatment of 440 Stainless Steel.

James Howey
Cymer Inc. - San Diego, California, USA
2002

James,

Mil-H-6875 covered heat treating of Steel, and 440C is listed in Table 1B. A more current heat treating specification would be AMS 2759/5.

Lee Gearhart
metallurgist - E. Aurora, New York
2002

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