I'd always understood higher than 800F ie 1000F+
ASM hdbk=> 560 and 980 ºC ( 1050 and 1800 ºF)
depending of course on the material
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> > Who can tell me the "sigma phase" in metal material at high temperture?
> It's a chromium-rich area that forms in grain boundaries when
> austenitic stainless cools too slowly through about 800 F. It promotes
> intergranular corrosion.
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