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artificial aging

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artificial aging [¦ärd·ə¦fish·əl ′āj·iŋ]
(metallurgy)
The heat treatment of an alloy at moderately elevated temperatures to accelerate precipitation of a component from the supersaturated solid solution.


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Straightening is done after the heat treat quench cycle and before the artificial aging process, when castings are still somewhat ductile and can be manipulated easily, although heavy or thick-walled castings may be hard to bring back into accurate dimensions.
Results of this study revealed that the flexural strength values of the Ivocap material remained stable despite applied artificial aging and were higher compared to the values of the two control groups made from classical pressure-heat polymerizing material and autopolymerizing material.
For BGAs, the artificial aging process significantly degraded the component substrate, causing warping during assembly, and reduced yield for the most severely aged components.
 
 
 
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