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    Long before thermometers, blacksmiths determined the temperature of ferrous metals by their color, known as "red heat." The color indicated the optimal temperature for processes like heat treating. Common colors were black red (426-593°C), very dark red (593-704°C), dark red (704-814°C), and cherry red (815-870°C). In 1905, Stirling Consolidated Boiler Company published similar but slightly different temperature ranges for colors including red, dull red, and dull cherry red.

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    Long before thermometers, blacksmiths determined the temperature of ferrous metals by their color, known as "red heat." The color indicated the optimal temperature for processes like heat treating. Common colors were black red (426-593°C), very dark red (593-704°C), dark red (704-814°C), and cherry red (815-870°C). In 1905, Stirling Consolidated Boiler Company published similar but slightly different temperature ranges for colors including red, dull red, and dull cherry red.

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    Long before thermometers, blacksmiths determined the temperature of ferrous metals by their color, known as "red heat." The color indicated the optimal temperature for processes like heat treating. Common colors were black red (426-593°C), very dark red (593-704°C), dark red (704-814°C), and cherry red (815-870°C). In 1905, Stirling Consolidated Boiler Company published similar but slightly different temperature ranges for colors including red, dull red, and dull cherry red.

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    11/22/2020 Red heat - Wikipedia

    Red heat
    The practice of using colours to determine the temperature of a
    piece of (usually) ferrous metal comes from blacksmithing. Long
    before thermometers were widely available it was necessary to
    know what state the metal was in for heat treating it and the only
    way to do this was to heat it up to a colour which was known to be
    best for the work.

    Contents Thermal radiation in visible light can


    be seen on this hot metalwork.
    Chapman
    Stirling
    See also
    References

    Chapman
    According to Chapman's Workshop Technology, the colours which can be
    observed in steel are:[1 ]

    Temperature [°C] Temperature [°F]


    Colour
    From To From To

    Black red[2] 426 593 709 1010


    The visible color of
    Very dark red 593 704 1010 1210 an object heated
    Dark red 704 814 1210 1408 to incandescence
    (from 550°C to
    Cherry red 815 870 1409 1508 1300°C).
    Light cherry red 871 981 1510 1708

    Orange 981 1092 1708 1908

    Yellow 1093 1258 1910 2207

    Yellow white 1259 1314 2209 2308

    White 1315+ 2309+

    Stirling
    In 1905, Stirling Consolidated Boiler Company published a slightly different set of values:[3]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_heat 1/2
    11/22/2020 Red heat - Wikipedia

    Colour Temperature [°C] Temperature [°F]

    Red: Just visible 525 977

    Dull red 699 1,290

    Dull cherry red 800 1,470

    Full cherry red 900 1,650

    Clear cherry red 1,000 1,830

    Deep orange 1,100 2,010

    Clear orange 1,200 2,190

    White heat 1,300 2,370

    White bright 1,400 2,550


    The peak wavelength and total radiated amount
    White dazzling 1,500 2,730
    vary with temperature according to Wien's
    displacement law. Although this shows relatively
    See also high temperatures, the same relationships hold
    true for any temperature down to absolute zero.
    Visible light is between 380 and 750 nm.
    Color temperature
    Black-body radiation

    References
    1. Chapman, W. A. J. (1972). Workshop Technology, Part 1 (5th ed.). Burlington, MA: Elsevier
    Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0713132694.
    2. When viewed in dull light.
    3. A Book of Steam for Engineers. Stirling Consolidated Boiler Company. 1905.
    p. 50. ASIN B006RXDG3W

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_heat 2/2

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