English abbreviations for common container manufacturing terms

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English abbreviations for common container manufacturing terms. 1. Terms related to inspection and testing: (1) MET – Mechanical property testing; (2) CT – Chemical composition analysis; (3) NDT – Non-destructive testing; (4) DT – Dimensional inspection; (5) VT – Visual inspection; (6) RT – Radiographic testing; (7) UT – Ultrasonic testing; (8) MT – Magnetic particle testing; (9) PT – Penetrant testing; (10) HB – Brinell hardness; (11) HV – Vickers hardness; (12) HR – Rockwell hardness; (13) HL – Leeb hardness. 2. Terms related to heat treatment: (1) NT – Normalizing + tempering heat treatment; (2) ISR – Intermediate stress-relief heat treatment; (3) PWHT – Post-weld heat treatment; (4) MAX.PWHT – Maximum possible level of post-weld heat treatment; (5) MIN.PWHT – Minimum possible level of post-weld heat treatment; (6) DHT – Dehydrogenation treatment; (7) S.C – Step cooling embrittlement heat treatment