Effect of Baking on Spot Welds of a Prestrained Ultra-Low Carbon Bake Hardening Steel Sheet

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• *Prof. G. Mukhopadhyay is on study leave from R&D and Scientific Services, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur 831001, India.
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