Which condition commonly triggers surface cracking following die forging of high-strength steel components?

💡 Explanation

Uncontrolled quenching leads to martensite formation near the surface; this phase transformation creates high tensile stresses exceeding the material’s fracture strength, causing quench cracking, because the phase transition’s volume expansion is constrained; therefore, a controlled cooling rate is necessary rather than faster rate from quenching.

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