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Age Hardening

Hardening by aging, typically after rapid cooling or cold working, Aging is a change in properties that generally occurs slowly at room temperature and more rapidly at higher temperatures. Other common names include: aging, artificial aging, interrupted aging, over-aging, precipitation hardening, precipitation heat treatment, progressive aging, quench aging and strain aging.

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