Heat treatment No. | Quenching temperature, ˚C | The first cryogenic treatment, QC | The first tempering, QCT | The second cryogenic treatment, QCTC | The second tempering, QCTCT | Volume percentage of retained austenite | Widths of martensite laths, mm | |
Quenching | 1040˚C/1h |
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| 16.9 | - | |
C | 1040˚C/1h | −75˚C/2h |
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| 4.1 | 255 | |
D | 1040˚C/1h | −75˚C/2h | 510˚C/2h |
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| 3.3 | 200 | |
E | 1040˚C/1h | −75˚C/2h | 510˚C/2h | −75˚C/2h |
| 2.7 | 76 | |
F | 1040˚C/1h | −75˚C/2h | 510˚C/2h | −75˚C/2h | 510˚C/2h | 2.5 | 66 |