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Hardened AISI 420C stainless steel is a material used in surgical and dental tools due to its mechanical properties, allied with corrosion resistance. However, despite its advantages, this material presents poor machinability. Also, practitioners have often found difficulties using this material due to the lack of information concerning its behavior in machining processes, especially after heat treatment...