Podcast Episode 27: Metal Annealing

Annealing is a common term used for metal heat treating. However, the term is sometimes used incorrectly to refer to different annealing processes and even for heat treatments that are not annealing processes, creating confusion. For the heat treatment used with cold-worked metal to reduce its strength and increase its ductility, the most accurate and least confusing term to use is recrystallization anneal.

In this Metal Conversations episode, Michael Pfeifer discusses the recrystallization anneal process used with cold-worked metal and sources of confusion when using the term 'anneal'.

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Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., P.E., is President of Industrial Metallurgists and a metallurgical engineering consultant with more than 30 years of experience in product design, manufacturing, failure analysis, and metallurgy training. He helps clients worldwide solve design and manufacturing problems and is the author of Materials Enabled Designs.

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