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Yves DESALOS: Ingénieur civil des Mines, Doctor of Science - Expert Métallurgie-Traitements Renault SA
INTRODUCTION
This introductory article begins with a reminder of the place and importance of heat treatment of metals and alloys.
Two sections follow, one on metallurgical structure-properties relationships, the other on the main ways of controlling this structure through heat treatments.
The article is completed by an overview of the main treatment families and their technical and economic limitations.
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