1. Steels for mass treatment

1.1 European basic standards

Steels for through-hardening are described in standard NF EN 10083, which is subdivided into three parts:

NF EN 10083-1: "Steels for quenching and tempering - special steels" ;
NF EN 10083-2: "Steels for quenching and tempering-quality steels";
NF EN 10083-3: "Steels for quenching and tempering-boron steels".

It should be pointed out straight away that the content of part 2 of standard NF EN 10083: "Steels for quenching and tempering – quality steels" will not be discussed here, since this part of the standard specifies that quality steels are distinguished from special steels...

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