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Martempering

Martempering is also known as stepped quenching or interrupted quenching. In this process, steel is heated above the upper
critical point (above the transformation range) and then quenched in a salt, oil, or lead bath kept at a temperature of 150-300 °C. The
workpiece is held at this temperature above martensite start (Ms) point until the temperature becomes uniform throughout the cross-
section of workpiece. After that it is cooled in air or oil to room temperature. The steel is then tempered. In this process, Austenite is
transformed to martensite by step quenching, at a rate fast enough to avoid the formation offerrite, pearlite or bainite.[1][2]

In the martempering process, austenitized metal part is immersed in a bath at a temperature just above the martensite start
temperature (Ms). By using interrupted quenching, the cooling is stopped at a point above the martensite transformation region to
ensure sufficient time for the center to cool to the same temperature as the surface. The metal part is then removed from the bath and
cooled in air to room temperature to permit the austenite to transform to martensite. Martempering is a method by which the stresses
and strains generated during the quenching of a steel component can be controlled. In Martempering steel is heated to above the
critical range to make it all austenite.

The drawback of this process is that the large section cannot be heat treated by this process.

See also
Tempering (metallurgy)
Austempering

References
1. Abbasi, F.; Fletcher, A.J.; Soomro, A.B. (1987). "A critical assessment of the hardening ofsteel by martempering".
International Journal of Production Research. 25 (7): 1069. doi:10.1080/00207548708919896(https://doi.org/10.108
0%2F00207548708919896).
2. Yazıcı, A (2012). "Investigation of the Wear Behavior of Martempered 30MnB5 Steel for Soil iTllage". Transactions of
the ASABE. 55 (1): 15–20. doi:10.13031/2013.41243 (https://doi.org/10.13031%2F2013.41243).

External links
Heat Treating Terms and Definitions:engineers edge

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