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Glossary
A glossary of terms relating to alloys, their properties, and the processes used in metallurgy.



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Heat Treatment	Heating and cooling a solid metal or alloy in such a way as to obtain desired conditions or properties. Commonly used as a shop term to denote a thermal treatment to increase strength. Heating for the sole purpose of hot working is excluded from the meaning of this definition. See our encyclopedia page on Heat Treatment for more information.

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