5. Heat treatments
Heat treatments impart properties to steels that make them suitable for their intended applications. They must therefore be properly controlled and tailored to each major family of stainless steel. All heat treatments are discussed in detail at [M 1 155].
These are primarily grades with a chromium content ranging from 0.15% to 1.2%. These alloys are used, in particular, in cutlery.
Generally, the goal is to obtain a fully martensitic structure...
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