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Noun Concept

Categories: Polymers, Metal heat treatments, Materials science

annealing tempering

Hardening something by heat treatment WordNet 3.0

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Hardening something by heat treatment WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In metallurgy and materials science, annealing is a heat treatment that alters the physical and sometimes chemical properties of a material to increase its ductility and reduce its hardness, making it more workable. Wikipedia

Tempering is a process of heat treating, which is used to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys. Wikipedia

A heat treatment that alters the microstructure of a material Wikipedia Disambiguation

A heat treatment technique to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys Wikipedia Disambiguation

Process of heat treating used to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys Wikidata

The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice. Wiktionary

Act of heating solid metal or glass. Wiktionary (translation)

The act by which something is tempered. Wiktionary

Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish. Wiktionary

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tempering of cast iron

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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

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materials science

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

annealing, tempering

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annealing (materials science), tempering (metallurgy)

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annealing, tempering

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annealing, tempering

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Annealing (metallurgy), Annealing by Short circuit, Annealing Oven, full annealing, Interrupted quenching, metal temper, Metal tempering, Normalization, metallurgical, normalization (metallurgy), normalized steel, process annealing, Quenching oven, Step quenching, Stepped quenching, tempered steel, thermal annealing

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anneal