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Effect of electron-beam melting and heat treatment on the structure, composition, and properties of tool steels

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A method was developed for the surface-melting and quench-hardening of tool steels through the use of electron-beam heating. The distribution of alloying elements in characteristic treatment zones was studied.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 121–129, January, 1988.

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Veinik, A.I., Pobol', I.L. & Shipko, A.A. Effect of electron-beam melting and heat treatment on the structure, composition, and properties of tool steels. Journal of Engineering Physics 54, 95–100 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00870236

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