Global database on cooling intensities of liquid quenchants

Abstract

Originating from discussions held in Rio de Janeiro in July 2010, a proposal was made to IFHTSE that an international collaborative project should be launched with the objective of producing a comparative database of the cooling intensities of liquid quenchants for use industrially as a selection tool in relation to specific materials, conditions, and engineering requirements. At present, there is no universally recognised method or procedure for the measurement, recording and comparison of relative cooling intensities of different quenchants for components of complex geometry. A globally usable database is therefore needed which covers a range of selected quenchants acting under specified conditions.