Glossary of Induction Heating Terms
In case you're not familiar with the technical terms we use to explain induction heating, we've assembled a glossary of induction heating terms for you.
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Boule
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Capillary Action
A phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries.
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Carbide
A hard material made of compacted binary compounds of carbon and heavy metals, used to make tools that cut metal.
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Carburization
Process of treating, combining, or impregnating with carbon, as when case-hardening steel.
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Controlled Atmosphere
A gas or mixture of gases in which steel is heated to produce or maintain a specific surface condition.
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Coupling
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Curie Temperature
The temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism.
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Curing
To prepare, preserve, or finish (a substance) by a chemical or physical process.
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Dew Point
The dew point or dewpoint of a given parcel of air is the temperature to which the parcel must be cooled, at constant barometric pressure, for the water vapor component to condense into water, called dew.
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Eddy Current
Electric current circulating wholly within a mass of metal.
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Heating Pattern
The pattern of heat transferred to the workpiece from heating portions of the work coil. The heating pattern is the mirror image of the coil.
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Hysteresis
Lagging of an effect behind its cause, as when the change in magnetism of a body lags behind changes in the magnetic field.
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Inductance
The ability of the heating system to induce voltage via a varying current and magnetic field.
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Magnetic Field
A current flowing in a conductor creates a magnetic field. The field generates a current in the workpiece that’s a mirror image of the current in the work coil. The current in the workpiece is proportional to the field strength.
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RF; radio frequency
A frequency in the range within which radio waves may be transmitted, from about 3 kilohertz to about 300,000 megahertz.
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Quench
To cool (hot metal) by thrusting into water or other liquid.
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Susceptor
A material which is heated as a result of its presence in the induction field, then passes its heat to the workpiece.
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Temper
To harden or strengthen (metal or glass) by application of heat or by heating and cooling.
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