The hardness distribution without obviously declining gradient in one range of the hardened layer produced by plasma quenching is rather different from that by conventional quenching.
等离子表面淬火硬化层的硬度分布，在某一区域内无明显的硬度梯度，这与常规淬火方法的结果不太一样。
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However, stress re-distribution would occur in the non-uniform structural stress introduced by quenching with a low stress gradient.