热处理工作者对所谓的“聚合物淬火介质”已进行了二十多年的试验,通常它们所提供的冷却特性介于水和石油产品之间。这种淬火介质是以水溶性聚合物为基础的,如纤维素衍生物,聚乙烯醇(PVA),聚丙烯酸钠(PSA),聚丙烯酰胺,聚乙烯吡咯烷酮(PVP),聚乙烷基恶唑啉(PEOX),和聚醚(PAO)。聚合物淬火介质虽然在某些方面相似,但其家族的每一成员都明显地区别于另一个。这些差别能显著地影响淬火性能。因此,热处理工作者需要对此有一个基本的了解,是什么使得一种聚合物区别于另一种,以帮助他们对给定的应用能选择最恰当的淬火介质。聚合物特点聚合物是一种通过对较小“简单”化学 Heat treatment workers have been testing so-called “polymeric quenchants” for more than two decades, often providing cooling characteristics between water and petroleum products. This quench medium is based on water-soluble polymers such as cellulose derivatives, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), sodium polyacrylate (PSA), polyacrylamide, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyalkyl Oxazoline (PEOX), and polyether (PAO). Although similar in some respects, polymeric quenchants are distinctly different from each other in their family members. These differences can significantly affect the quenching performance. Therefore, the heat treatment workers need to have a basic understanding of this, what makes a polymer different from the other to help them for a given application can choose the most appropriate quenching medium. Polymer Features A polymer is one that passes through to smaller “simple” chemistry