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1.5026 | 56Si7 quenched and tempered with surface decarburization

Numeric designation1.5026
Chemical designation56Si7
Statequenched and tempered with surface decarburization
Etching3 % Nital

The spring steel was quenched and tempered to 480 HV0.2, but the heat treatment was not optimal: ferrite residues remained in the quenched and tempered structure, and the rim was decarburized.