SELECTIVE QUENCHING. Quenching only certain portions of an object.
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SUPERHEATING. Heating above the temperature at which an equilibrium phase transformation should occur without actually obtaining the transformation.
STRESS EQUALIZING. A low-temperature heat treatment used to balance stresses in cold-worked material without an appreciable decrease in the mechanical strength produced by […]
SOLID SOLUTION. A single, solid, homogenous crystalline phase containing two or more chemical species.
STRAIN HARDENING. An increase in hardness and strength caused by plastic deformation at temperatures below the recrystallization range.