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1. Heat treatment vocabulary
The vocabulary is defined by standard NF EN 12258-1. This standard applies to wrought and cast products.
The most commonly used definitions are listed below, with the addition of common terms and definitions not included in the standard.
Age-softening: reduction in strength and hardness at room temperature of certain alloys, due to spontaneous precipitation in the work-hardened structure of the metal.
Heat-treatable alloy: alloy whose hardness can be improved by heat treatment.
Self-quenching alloy: an alloy whose critical quenching rate is lower than the natural cooling rate occurring in still air after hot forming, in or out of the mold, after solidification of castings.
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- Aluminium and aluminium alloys – Designation system for aluminium alloy remelting ingots, master alloys and cast products – Part 1: Numerical designation system. - NF EN 1780-1 -
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