work hardening
Noun
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Noun
work hardening (uncountable)
- (metallurgy) The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength
- strain hardening, cold working
- French: écrouissage
- German: Kaltumformung
- Italian: incrudimento
- Portuguese: encruamento
- Russian: наклёп
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