chapter 1 Hardening of Steels / chapter 2 Quenching of Aluminum Alloys / chapter 3 Quenching of Titanium Alloys / chapter 4 Mechanical Properties of Ferrous and Nonferrous Alloys after Quenching / chapter 5 Thermo- and Fluid-Dynamic Principles of Heat Transfer during Cooling / chapter 6 Heat Transfer during Cooling of Heated Metals with Vaporizable Liquids / chapter 7 Wetting Kinematics / chapter 8 Wetting Kinetics and Quench Severity of Selected Vegetable Oils for Heat Treatment / chapter 9 Residual Stresses after Quenching / chapter 10 Effect of Workpiece Surface Properties on Cooling Behavior / chapter 11 Determination of Quenching Power of Various Fluids / chapter 12 Cooling Media and Their Properties -- chapter 13 Gas Quenching / chapter 14 Techniques of Quenching / chapter 15 Intensive Steel Quenching Methods / chapter 16 Prediction of Hardness Profi le in Workpiece Based on Characteristic Cooling Parameters and Material Behavior during Cooling / chapter 17 Simulation of Quenching