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Pickling and degreasing of stainless steels

I am a heat treatment manager.
what is the procedure of pickling and degreasing of austenitic stainless steels such as 1.4563(Cr=26% , Ni=32% , C=max0.03%)

Hamed
heat treatment - Esfahan, Sander, Ireland
2006

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First of two simultaneous responses --

Degrease prior to heat treatment.
Heat treat in vacuum furnace with pressurized, inert gas quenching.
No pickling necessary.
Passivate.

Ken Vlach [deceased]
- Goleta, California
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2006

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Second of two simultaneous responses --

Try www.nickelinstitute.org webpages(Cleaning and descaling stainless steel -download free text).
Hope it helps and good luck!

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2006

Just curious. What kind of heat treatment are you going to do to an austenitic stainless steel. As far as I know these alloys cannot be hardened.

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2007

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