Quenching is not necessary when hardening is done by
A
Case hardening
B
Flame hardening
C
Nitriding
D
Any one of these
Correct Answer: Nitriding
Nitriding has a different hardening mechanism than the one caused by quenching a steel with an elevated level of carbon.Instead, the hardening is caused by the fine scale precipitation of alloying element nitrides which does not require quenching.