to anneal

Examples

• All

• After threads have been cut, the tubes are sent to an annealing oven.

  Academic text (1995)

• The blow-molded bottle is removed by a takeout arm and set upon a conveyor that delivers it to an annealing oven.

  Academic text (1995)

• In fact, if you heated it up, you would anneal those out and make it more ductile again.

  MIT OpenCourseWare

• So the first thing it can do is you can put a like a a piece of flat stock in you have first, first thing is you have to anneal the brass.

• The rollers are used to transport large steel slabs through an annealing furnace, where they are heated to varying temperatures to make the steel more ductile.

  Academic text (1998)

• The blacksmith decided to anneal the metal after shaping it to enhance its strength and reduce brittleness.

• After manufacturing the metal parts, they were placed in an oven to anneal and achieve the desired hardness.

Synonyms

T

to temper

vsto anneal

• Specialized

9 6.4

Make metal stronger and less likely to break by heating and cooling

uses slow cooling to make material less brittle rather than chiefly adding flexibility

N

to normalize

vsto anneal

• Specialized

1 7.0

Heat then cool metal or glass to make its texture and strength even

aims to reduce brittleness and increase strength through slow cooling

Antonyms

W

to weaken

305 2.8

To make people and things less strong or effective

Phrasal Verbs

A

to anneal the steel

• Specialized

7.2

Heat then cool steel to make it less brittle and easier to shape

How Heated

to harden

27 2.6

to temper

• Specialized

9 6.4

to anneal

• Specialized

1 8.9

to heat

298 1.0

to warm

488 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology