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Pickling and degreasing of stainless steels
I am a heat treatment manager.
what is the procedure of pickling and degreasing of austenitic stainless steels such as 1.4563(Cr=26% , Ni=32% , C=max0.03%)
heat treatment - Esfahan, Sander, Ireland
2006
First of two simultaneous responses --
Degrease prior to heat treatment.
Heat treat in vacuum furnace with pressurized, inert gas quenching.
No pickling necessary.
Passivate.
- Goleta, California
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2006
Second of two simultaneous responses --
Try www.nickelinstitute.org webpages(Cleaning and descaling stainless steel -download free text).
Hope it helps and good luck!
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
2006
Just curious. What kind of heat treatment are you going to do to an austenitic stainless steel. As far as I know these alloys cannot be hardened.
Guillermo MarrufoMonterrey, NL, Mexico
2007
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