Why heat treatment is necessary after metal forming process?
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All heat-treating operations involve the heating and cooling of metals, The common forms of heat treatment forferrous metals are hardening, tempering, annealing, normalizing, and case hardening. ... Steel is tempered after being hardened to relieve the internal stresses and reduce its brittleness.
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The temperatures metals are heated to, and the rate of cooling after heat treatment can significantly change metal's properties. The most common reasons that metals undergo heat treatment are to improve their strength, hardness, toughness, ductility, and corrosion resistance.
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