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tempering
A heat-treatment process in metallurgy, used to toughen an alloy, notably steel. The metal is heated is slowly to the desired temperature, held there while stresses are relieved and excess solution precipitates out from the supersaturated solid solution, and then cooled, usually by rapid quenching. The temperature determines the properties produced, and may be chosen to retain hardness.
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