
1) Industrial process
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Work hardening, also known as strain hardening or cold working, is the strengthening of a metal by plastic deformation. This strengthening occurs because of dislocation movements and dislocation generation within the crystal structure of the material. Many non-brittle metals with a reasonably high melting point as well as several polymers can be s...
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Some alloy systems will harden when subjected to cold work ( mechanical work carried out at temperatures too low for recrystallization to occur). This plastic deformation causes dislocations to become entangled and the material hardens and becomes more resistant to further working.
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in metallurgy, increase in hardness of a metal induced, deliberately or accidentally, by hammering, rolling, drawing, or other physical processes. ...
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Same as strain hardening.
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a rehabilitation program designed to restore functional and work capacities to the injured worker through application of graded work simulation. Included are activities designed to improve overall physical condition, including strength, endurance, and coordination needed for work activity, as well as means for coping with...
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A program, typically lasting four to six weeks, that provides workers who were injured on the job an
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Increase in resistance to deformation (i.e. in hardness) produced by cold working.
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Same as strain hardening.
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Increase in resistance to deformation (i.e., in hardness) produced by cold working.
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Effect of repeatedly hammering or rolling a metal. Work hardening causes stresses to appear, and the metal will eventually crack. The technique of annealing is employed to prevent this from happening
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Processes such as hammering, rolling, bending, stretching, etc strain metal beyond it's yield point and create dislocations. These are essentially areas where additional atoms are pulling at each other. Continued cold working increases dislocations, and eventually the atoms resist all further attempts at dislocation, at which point the material is ...
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The process of increasing the strength and hardness of a metal or alloy by cold deformation e.g. cold rolling, deep drawing, cold forging, hammering or cold extrusion. Work-hardening is sometimes referred to as 'cold work'.
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Increase in resistance to deformation
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https://www.unifiedalloys.com/resources/glossary/
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