Explore: Cold Hardening

Cold hardening is the physiological and biochemical process by which an organism prepares for cold weather. Plants in temperate and polar regions adapt

Work hardening, also known as strain hardening, is the process by which a material's load-bearing capacity (strength) increases during plastic (permanent)

up hardening or harden in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hardening is the process by which something becomes harder or is made harder. Hardening may

hot working, cold working causes the crystal grains and inclusions to distort following the flow of the metal; which may cause work hardening and anisotropic

acidic or salty materials. The cold-work tool steels include the O series (oil-hardening), the A series (air-hardening), and the D series (high carbon-chromium)

horticulture. Part of the work of nursery growers of plants consists of cold hardening, or hardening off their plants, to prepare them for likely conditions in later

Shock hardening is a process used to strengthen metals and alloys, wherein a shock wave produces atomic-scale defects in the material's crystalline structure

Cryogenic hardening is a cryogenic treatment process where the material is cooled to approximately −185 °C (−301 °F), typically using liquid nitrogen

the temperature stable. Freezing tolerance is enhanced by cold hardening. To adapt to the cold temperatures, B. antarctica accumulates trehalose, glucose

the desired result such as hardening or softening of a material. Heat treatment techniques include annealing, case hardening, precipitation strengthening