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Oil quenching (i.imgur.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So the slower the cooling, the less stress damags, but I’m sure there’s a curve where something like air cooling would damage it in a different way? I wonder what the best rate of cooling and medium is to facilitate it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

I think air cooling would give the material time to anneal and become softer as a result.