As described by Encyclopaedia Britannica in “heat-treating,” controlled heating and cooling can be used to alter material properties, making heat treatment an important part of metallurgy and metal processing.
Processes such as quenching use carefully controlled temperature changes to influence the structure and resulting properties of metal. By varying heating and cooling conditions, manufacturers can produce materials with characteristics better suited to applications requiring hardness, toughness, wear resistance, or improved workability.
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