Differential heat treatment

A differentially hardened sword, showing the hardened edge as the whiter portion of the blade.

Diagram of a cross section of a katana, showing the typical arrangement of the harder and softer zones.

The curving of a katana during quenching first begins with a downward bend as the edge cools, followed by an upward bend as the rest of the sword cools.

A katana, shown at a long angle to reveal the nioi, which is the bright line following the hamon. The inset shows a close up of the nioi, which appears as the speckled area between the bright hardened edge and the darker soft zone. The wood-grain appearance is from the folding techniques used during forging.

Differential heat treatment (also called selective heat treatment or local heat treatment) is a technique used during heat treating to harden or soften certain areas of a steel object, creating a difference in hardness between these areas. There are many techniques for creating a difference in properties, but most can be defined as either differential hardening or differential tempering. These were common heat treating techniques used historically in Europe and Asia, with possibly the most widely known example being from Japanese swordsmithing. Some modern varieties were developed in the twentieth century as metallurgical knowledge and technology rapidly increased.

单词	Differential hardening
释义	Differential hardening 英语百科 Differential heat treatment Differential heat treatment (also called selective heat treatment or local heat treatment) is a technique used during heat treating to harden or soften certain areas of a steel object, creating a difference in hardness between these areas. There are many techniques for creating a difference in properties, but most can be defined as either differential hardening or differential tempering. These were common heat treating techniques used historically in Europe and Asia, with possibly the most widely known example being from Japanese swordsmithing. Some modern varieties were developed in the twentieth century as metallurgical knowledge and technology rapidly increased.
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Differential hardening

Differential heat treatment