SPALLING. A chipping or flaking of a surface due to any kind of improper heat treatment or material dissociation.
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STRAIN. A measure of the relative change in the size or shape of a body. Linear strain is the change per unit length […]
SOAKING. Prolonged holding at a selected temperature to effect homogenization of structure or composition.
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