Normalizing was heating the steel to snipped
above the critical point, but letting
it air-cool in still air. This would mean a cooling time of 15 minutes to
45 minutes. In no case was the hot steel dipped in oil or anything else (as
was mentioned in an earlier post). That is quenching, a completely
different process.
snipped
You`r right Harry O. I was thinking of when we would draw tool steel down to a
normalized R "c" reading in the draw furnace and try to avoid hard spots. i.e.
mold steels etc.
Thanks for the correction.

Warren