
1) Hardening 2) Metal heat treatment 3) Tempering
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• (n.) The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Anneal • (n.) The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.
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A heat-treatment designed to fully soften a metal or alloy.
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As you work metal it becomes brittle. Heating and cooling it restores its malleability and ductility, enabling you work it again.
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(from the article `radiation`) ...for this property, it would indeed be extremely difficult to operate nuclear reactors that are permitted to heat up periodically to remove the ...
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a generic term used to denote a heat treatment wherein the microstructrure and, consequently, the properties of a material are altered. Frequently, refers to heat treatment whereby a cold-worked metal is softened by allowing it to recrystallize.
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a generic term used to denote a heat treatment wherein the microstructrure and, consequently, the properties of a material are altered. Frequently, refers to heat treatment whereby a cold-worked metal is softened by allowing it to recrystallize.
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A generic term denoting a treatment. consisting of heating to and holding at a suitable temperature, followed by cooling at a suitable rate, used primarily to soften metallic materials, but also to simultaneously produce desired changes in other properties or in microstructure. The purpose of such changes may be. but is not confined to. improvement...
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In the manufacturing of float glass, the process of controlled cooling done in a Lahr to prevent residual stresses in the glass. Re-annealing is the process of removing objectionable stresses in glass by re-heating to a suitable temperature followed by controlled cooling.
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1. Toughening upon slow cooling. ... 2. Used in the context of DNA renaturation after temperature dissociation of the two strands. Rate of annealing is a function of complementarity. ... 3. Fusion of microtubules or microfilaments end to end. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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A generic term denoting a treatment. consisting of heating to and holding at a suitable temperature, followed by cooling at a suitable rate, used primarily to soften metallic materials, but also to simultaneously produce desired changes in other properties or in microstructure. The purpose of' such changes may be. but is not confined to. improvemen...
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(1) Toughening upon slow cooling. (2) Used in the context of DNA renaturation after temperature dissociation of the two strands. Rate of annealing is a function of complementarity. (3) Fusion of microtubules or microfilaments end-to-end.
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An·neal'ing noun 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.
2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.
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A process of heat treatment for restoring the ductility of metals work-hardened by
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Annealing is a process to which many articles of metal and glass are subjected after making, in order to render them more tenacious, and which consists in heating them and allowing them to cool slowly. When the metals are worked by the hammer, or rolled into plates, or drawn into wire, they acquire a certain amount of brittleness, which destroys th...
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A generic term denoting a heat treatment consisting of heating to and holding at a suitable temperature followed by cooling at a suitable rate, used primarily to soften but also to simultaneously produce desired changes in other properties or microstructure.
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A process of holding a material at a temperature mean, but below its melting point, the objective being to permit stress relaxation without distortion of shape. It is often used on molded articles to relieve stresses set up by flow into the molds.
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tempering noun hardening something by heat treatment
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Controlled cooling of a material to increase ductility and strength. The process involves first heating a material (usually glass or metal) for a given time at a given temperature, followed by slow cooling. It is a common form of heat treatment. Normalizing is a type of annealing where a metal is heated to a point above its critical temperature bef...
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A heat treatment process that makes Cold-rolled steel more suitable for forming and bending.
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A process involving heating and cooling, usually applied to induce softening of steel. The term also refers to treatments intended to alter mechanical or physical properties, produce a definite microstructure or remove gasses.
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Annealing is a heat treatment process which basically allows a metal to become more ductile, and generally improves workability at room temperature. When metal is annealed, it's made hot enough so the atoms are able to realign to an equilibrium state. Cooling must be slow enough so that atoms stay aligned.
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A process of holding a material at a temperature near, but below its melting point, the objective being to permit stress relaxation without distortion of shape.
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A process of heating cold stainless steel to obtain maximum softness and ductility by heat treatment which also produces a homogeneous structure
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A process to soften steel and remove any stresses. The process usually involves heating the steel in a furnace and allowing to cool slowly.
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