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We are continuing with Part 6 of our tool-steel presentation and continuing with the discussion of alloying elements.

Part 5 of our tool-steel presentation is a continuation of the effects individual alloying elements have on tool-steel chemistries and heat-treated metallurgy.

Part 4 of our tool-steel presentation is a continuation of the effects of individual alloying elements on tool-steel chemistries and heat-treated metallurgy.

It is sometimes surprising to hear people use the term "defect" when referring to simple, non-critical imperfections in a brazed joint.

Part 3 will focus on specific groups of tool steels.

The tool steels are categorized as shown in Figure 1. Steels are categorized by quench and application.

I will be presenting a series of articles on tool steels, tool-steel categorization, tool-steel heat treatments and heat treating of specific tool steels.

This is the final part on the subject of cryogenic treatments (known also as deep freeze or cold treatment).

The question that could be asked right now is how do we cold treat, or cryogenically treat, steel for the potential decomposition of retained austenite?

The continuation of cryogenic treatments is to ask why do we cryogenically treat steels, and how do we identify those steels that will need to be cryogenically treated?