4. Glossary

Austenitic; austenitic

Structure of a steel whose elementary crystal lattice is face-centered cubic (like γ-iron).

Grinding; rolling, forging

Production of a metal product by hot plastic forming, such as rolling, forging, stamping, drawing or extruding.

strain hardening

Hardening of an alloy matrix by plastic deformation at ambient temperature.

Ferritic; ferritique

Structure of a steel whose elementary crystal lattice is cubic-centered (like α-iron).

Martensitic; martensitic

Non-equilibrium steel structure obtained by rapid cooling of austenite, with a centered tetragonal elementary crystal lattice.

Maturation; precipitation hardening...