Heat treating question

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Josh Perdue

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I ordered some 1084 steel from alpha knife supply that has been annealed. Do I still need to normalize it a couple cycles or is it good to go?
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Josh
 
It is ready to heat treat as received. Their 1084 is "fine spheroidized". The 1084 from NJSB is usually in the past "coarse spheroidized" and responded better after normalizing/cycling. You can run a few grain refinement thermal cycles if you desire (around 1500°F) and let it air cool on each cycle. But there is no need to normalize it (1600°F-1650°F) unless you plan on forging it.
 
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