Annealing

Heating steel to a suitable temperature, holding, then cooling slowly to soften it, refine the structure, relieve stress and improve machinability. Variants include full annealing, spheroidising and stress-relief annealing.

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Austenite · Bainite · Carbon equivalent (CEV) · Carburizing · Case hardening · Charpy impact test · Cold drawn · Decarburization · Elongation (A) · ESR (electroslag remelting) · Ferrite · Grain size