quenching: when used as a part of a heat-treating

operation, a rapid cooling process that results in microstructural stabilization or changes in material
properties
that would not have occurred without rapid cooling.
(d) recommended or required heat treatment:theapplication of heat to a metal section subsequent to a
cutting,
forming, or welding operation, as provided in para. 331.
(e) solution heat treatment: heating an alloy to a suitable temperature, holding at that temperature long
enough to allow one or more constituents to enter into
solid solution, and then cooling rapidly enough to hold
the constituents in solution.
(f) stress-relief: uniform heating of a structure or
portion thereof to a sufficient temperature below the
transformation temperature range to relieve the major
portion of the residual stresses, followed by uniform
cooling slowly enough to minimize development of
new residual stresses.
(g) tempering: reheating a hardened metal to a
temperature below the transformation range to
improve toughness.
(h) transformation range: the temperature range over
which a phase change occurs.
(i) transformation temperature: the temperature at
which a phase change begins or ends. In metals, phase
changes can be solid-state changes.
High Pressure Fluid Service: see fluid service.
High Purity Fluid Service: see fluid service.
hygienic clamp joint: a tube outside-diameter union
consisting of two neutered ferrules having flat faces
with a concentric groove and mating gasket that is
secured with a clamp, providing a nonprotruding, recessless product contact surface. See also para.
U315.3(b).
indication, linear: in nondestructive examination, an
indication having a length greater than 3 times its width.
indication, rounded: in nondestructive examination, an
indication with a length equal to or less than 3 times its
width. These indications may be circular, elliptical,
conical, or irregular in shape and may have tails.
inline portions of instruments: pressure-containing
portions of instruments that are in direct contact with
the fluid when installed in a piping system. Permanently
sealed fluid-filled tubing systems furnished with instruments as temperature- or pressure-responsive
devices,
e.g., pressure gages, pressure transmitters, and transducers, are excluded