work hardening (English, noun)
expansion: work hardening (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength and hardness; the resultant hardness increase itself. (It can be either desirable or undesirable depending on the aims and circumstances in a metalworking task.)
tags: uncountable
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