Heat Treat Chemicals
We supply heat treat salts and quenching oils for ferrous and non-ferrous metal processing, including austempering and martempering, tempering, neutral salt hardening and annealing, aluminum heat treating and brazing, blackening, rubber curing, and heat transfer.
Use the catalog below to compare product families by application. Our technical service team can help match chemistry, operating range, bath maintenance, and equipment requirements to your process.
Quench and Temper
Compare salts for austempering, martempering, marquenching, tempering, and non-ferrous heat treatment.
High-Temperature Processing
Review neutral salts for hardening, annealing, normalizing, preheating, and high-speed tool applications.
Specialty Heat Treat
Find chemistry for rubber curing, heat transfer, aluminum brazing, blackening, and quenching oil needs.
Products
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Quench salts
Iso-Therm® 135
A eutectic nitrate-nitrite salt mixture that is used for the interrupted or isothermal quenching of austenitized steels (austempering, martempering, marquenching, etc.). Iso-Therm 135 can also be used for tempering or drawing hardened steels.
- Melt point
- 135 °C (275 °F)
- Working range
- 149–593 °C (300–1,100 °F)
Quench salts
Iso-Therm® 142
A eutectic nitrate-nitrite salt mixture that is used for the interrupted or isothermal quenching of austenitized steels (austempering, martempering, marquenching, etc.). Iso-Therm 142 can also be used for tempering or drawing hardened steels.
- Melt point
- 142 °C (288 °F)
- Working range
- 149–593 °C (300–1,100 °F)
Quench salts
Iso-Therm® 149
A eutectic nitrate-nitrite salt mixture that is used for the interrupted or isothermal quenching of austenitized steels (austempering, martempering, marquenching, etc.). Iso-Therm 149 can also be used for tempering or drawing hardened steels.
- Melt point
- 149 °C (300 °F)
- Working range
- 163–593 °C (325–1,100 °F)
Quench salts
Iso-Therm® 165
A eutectic nitrate-nitrite salt mixture that is used for the interrupted or isothermal quenching of austenitized steels (austempering, martempering, marquenching, etc.). Iso-Therm 165 can also be used for tempering or drawing hardened steels.
- Melt point
- 165 °C (330 °F)
- Working range
- 190–593 °C (375–1,100 °F)
Quench salts
Iso-Therm® 177
A eutectic nitrate-nitrite salt mixture that is used for the interrupted or isothermal quenching of austenitized steels (austempering, martempering, marquenching, etc.). Iso-Therm 177 can also be used for tempering or drawing hardened steels. Contact us for current specifications.
Quench salts
Iso-Therm® 191
A eutectic nitrate-nitrite salt mixture that is used for the interrupted or isothermal quenching of austenitized steels (austempering, martempering, marquenching, etc.). Iso-Therm 191 can also be used for tempering or drawing hardened steels.
- Melt point
- 191 °C (375 °F)
- Working range
- 204–593 °C (400–1,100 °F)
Quench salts
Iso-Therm® 220
A eutectic sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate mixture that is used for the heat treatment of non-ferrous alloys such as aluminum, copper, and brass. Iso-Therm 220 can also be used for tempering of steels. It conforms to Military Specification MIL-S-10699B (Class 2).
- Melt point
- 220 °C (430 °F)
- Working range
- 249–593 °C (480–1,100 °F)
Rubber curing
Iso-Therm® 135 Rubber Curing Salts
A nitrate-nitrite salt used in the continuous curing (vulcanization) of rubber extrusions.
- Melt point
- 135 °C (275 °F)
- Working range
- 149–302 °C (300–575 °F)
Heat transfer
Iso-Therm® 135 Heat Transfer Salts
Used for chemical processing, energy production, and energy recovery. Can also be used in the production of materials such as melamine, acrylonitrile, caustic soda, chlorine, methyl ethyl ketone, and alkyl amine.
- Melt point
- 135 °C (275 °F)
- Working range
- 149–593 °C (300–1,100 °F)
Heat transfer
Iso-Therm® 142 Heat Transfer Salts
Used for chemical processing, energy production, and energy recovery. Can also be used in the production of materials such as melamine, acrylonitrile, caustic soda, chlorine, methyl ethyl ketone, and alkyl amine.
- Melt point
- 142 °C (288 °F)
- Working range
- 149–593 °C (300–1,100 °F)
Heat transfer
Iso-Therm® 220 Heat Transfer Salts
Used for chemical processing, energy production, and energy recovery. Can also be used in the production of materials such as melamine, acrylonitrile, caustic soda, chlorine, methyl ethyl ketone, and alkyl amine. Contact us for current specifications.
Aluminum brazing
Iso-Braze® 460
Aluminum brazing salt used in the fabrication of items such as heat exchangers, wave guides, and aircraft parts.
- Melt point
- 460 °C (860 °F)
- Working range
- 482–649 °C (900–1,200 °F)
Aluminum brazing
Iso-Braze® 520
Aluminum brazing salt used in the fabrication of items such as heat exchangers, wave guides, and aircraft parts.
- Melt point
- 516 °C (960 °F)
- Working range
- 538–649 °C (1,000–1,200 °F)
Blackening
Iso-Blackening
Produces a black oxide finish on steel parts at low temperatures. This makes it suitable for tools, gauges, and other finished parts.
- Working range
- 132–146 °C (270–295 °F)
Blackening
Iso-D-Blackening
Produces a black oxide finish on steel parts. Also used for isothermal quenching or tempering and for removing rubber from steel molds. Contact us for current specifications.
Quenching oils
PT Quench Oil 100
A quenching oil that gives faster cooling rates than straight quenching oils. Normal operating range: 60–88 °C (140–190 °F).
Quenching oils
Park Martemp Oil
A martempering oil with medium viscosity and a medium quenching speed throughout its range. It is formulated to give extended life during its use as a martempering and tempering oil. Contact us for current specifications.
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 454
A chloride salt mixture that is used for many steel heat treating operations, solution heat treating of non-ferrous alloys, and quenching/tempering for high-speed steels.
- Melt point
- 454 °C (850 °F)
- Working range
- 490–677 °C (914–1,251 °F)
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 454 MPR
A chloride salt mixture that is used by itself or as a melt point reducer for Iso-Heat 454 and Iso-Heat 493 salt.
- Melt point
- 510 °C (950 °F)
- Working range
- 524–677 °C (975–1,251 °F)
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 482
A chloride salt mixture that is used for quenching and/or tempering high-speed steels and annealing non-ferrous alloys. Contact us for current specifications.
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 493
A chloride salt mixture that is used for many steel treating operations such as hardening, annealing, high-temperature drawing, hot quenching of alloy tool steels, and tempering. Contact us for current specifications.
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 549
A chloride salt mixture that is used for hardening, annealing, and normalizing carbon and alloy steels. It is also suited for preheating high-speed steel tools.
- Melt point
- 549 °C (1,020 °F)
- Working range
- 593–927 °C (1,100–1,700 °F)
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 635
A chloride salt mixture that is used for hardening, annealing, and normalizing carbon and alloy steels. It is also suited for preheating high-speed steel tools.
- Melt point
- 635 °C (1,175 °F)
- Working range
- 704–1,038 °C (1,300–1,900 °F)
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 665
A chloride salt mixture that is the most economical and commonly used neutral salt for heat treating within its working range.
- Melt point
- 665 °C (1,229 °F)
- Working range
- 705–900 °C (1,301–1,652 °F)
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 788
A chloride salt mixture that is used for preheating high-speed tool steels, hardening high carbon-high chromium steels, and hardening or annealing stainless steels.
- Melt point
- 788 °C (1,450 °F)
- Working range
- 843–1,149 °C (1,550–2,100 °F)
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 871
A chloride salt mixture that is used for forging, normalizing, annealing, hardening, or brazing alloy steels. It conforms to Military Specification MIL-S-10699B (Class 6).
- Melt point
- 871 °C (1,600 °F)
- Working range
- 927–1,260 °C (1,700–2,300 °F)
Neutral salts
Iso-Heat® 955
A chloride salt mixture that is used for high-speed tool hardening and forging heating steels. It conforms to Military Specification MIL-S-10699B (Class 7A).
- Melt point
- 955 °C (1,750 °F)
- Working range
- 1,038–1,316 °C (1,900–2,400 °F)
Safety data sheets (SDS)
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