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Use of the quenching factor for predicting the properties of polymer quenching media

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The development of methods for evaluating and predicting the variation of the properties of polymer quenching media in operation requires an analysis of the quenching factor, which characterizes the degree of decomposition of the solid solution in quenching, which decreases the strength (hardness) of the alloy by a given value. In the present paper the quenching factorQ is used to compare the properties of aluminum alloys quenched in hot water and aqueous solutions of polymers.

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  1. Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

    A. V. Sverdlin

  2. Union Carbide Corporation, Tarrytown, New York

    G. E. Totten

  3. Alabama University, Birmingham, Alabama

    C. Bates

  4. Tenaxol Company, Milwaukee?, Wisconsin

    L. M. Jarvis

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  1. A. V. Sverdlin
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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 6, pp. 14 – 17, June, 1996.

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Sverdlin, A.V., Totten, G.E., Bates, C. et al. Use of the quenching factor for predicting the properties of polymer quenching media. Met Sci Heat Treat 38, 248–251 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395823

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