RJT
Titanium
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2006
- Location
- greensboro,northcarolina
I'm used to giving instructions to my heat treater for tool steel, carbon steel, 400 series stainless etc. but we do very little with 17-4. If I give a spec for the Rockwell hardness , what difference will the condition make? For example R/c 40 -45 condition H0900 versus H1100?? My customer doesn't specify, and if I know what properties the different conditions would affect, I could make a recommendation based on how the part is used. I know the condition refers to the temperature it is heat treated at, but how does that affect the characteristics of the steel?