Stress Relieving (Leaving Cert Engineering): Flashcards

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Stress Relieving
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What does stress relieving remove?

Internal stresses

Alternative name for stress relieving

Half annealing

Temperature range for stress relieving

300−400°C300-400°C

Purpose of stress relieving

Prevents crack formation

Recrystallisation in stress relieving

Does not occur

Materials needing stress relieving

Cold-worked materials

Effect on grain structure during stress relieving

Maintains existing structure

What grains do during stress relieving

Relax and reshape

Stress relieving temperature vs other treatments

Lower/relatively low

When internal stresses build up

During cold working

Five main heat treatments for steel

Annealing, normalising, stress relieving, hardening, tempering

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