{"id":1173,"date":"2020-12-03T20:10:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T00:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nitrex.gxinteractive.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1173"},"modified":"2021-03-21T12:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T16:18:53","slug":"cryogenic-treatment-freezing","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/nitrex.gxinteractive.com\/en\/solutions\/heat-treating-services\/processes\/other-surface-treatments\/cryogenic-treatment-freezing\/","title":{"rendered":"CRYOGENIC TREATMENT \/ FREEZING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a successful quench and temper, it is frequently desirable to subject the work piece to a cryogenic treatment, also referred to as freezing (or sub-zero freezing). This process induces carbide particles to precipitate into voids in the iron lattice, thus creating a denser, more stabilized structure that reduces friction, wear and thermal softening.<\/p>\n<p>Summary of Benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conversion of retained austenite (soft) into martensite (hard)<\/li>\n<li>Increased strength, toughness, stability and durability<\/li>\n<li>Increased density of the steel structure<\/li>\n<li>Lower coefficient of friction<\/li>\n<li>Decreased residual stresses and brittleness<\/li>\n<li>Significantly improved abrasive wear resistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not sure which process or service is right for you?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/contact\/\"><strong><u>Contact<\/u><\/strong><\/a> our global team of heat treat experts and let them guide you or<br \/>\nfill out the <a href=\"\/en\/heat-treating-services\/rfq-2\/\"><u><strong>contact form<\/strong><\/u><\/a> to put you in touch with one of our experts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a successful quench and temper, it is frequently desirable to subject the work piece to a cryogenic treatment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"new_scheduled_revision":null,"save_as_revision":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrex.gxinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrex.gxinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrex.gxinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrex.gxinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nitrex.gxinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nitrex.gxinteractive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}