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Flame hardening is a method derived from the old quench hardening and is used for the surface hardening of heat treatable steels. Flame hardening is so named in analogy to flame cutting as the use of a flame is a distinctive feature of this process as opposed to the use of a furnace.
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Grönegress, H.W. (1964). Introduction. In: Flame Hardening. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86721-7_1
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