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annealTo take the brittleness out of metal, plastic or certain carbon composites. Performed in the preparation of new products or in their restoration, annealing is accomplished via a heat treating process. anneal [ə′nēl] (engineering) To treat a metal, alloy, or glass with heat and then cool to remove internal stresses and to make the material less brittle. Also known as temper. (genetics) To recombine strands of complementary deoxyribonucleic acid that were separated by heating or other means of denaturation. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A higher temperature anneal can recover some toughness lost due to high nitrogen and aluminum content. They think the change in seismicity at 670 km is due to phase change, or rearrangement of the slab crystal structure, which might strengthen or relieve stresses in the slab, or anneal cracks. Furthermore, ClusterCarbon([TM]) enables higher dopant activation and extremely abrupt, shallow junctions while extending the application life of conventional anneal processes. |
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