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Welding Inspection & Metallurgy API ICP Self Study Notes

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The temperature of PWHT is selected by considering the changes being<br />

sought in the equipment or structure. For example, a simple stress relief to<br />

reduce residual stresses will be performed at a lower temperature than a<br />

normalizing heat treatment. The holding time at temperature should also be<br />

selected to allow the desired time at temperature dependent actions to take<br />

place. In some isolated cases holding time and temperature are<br />

interchangeable, but small temperature changes have been shown to be<br />

equivalent to large changes in holding times.

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