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Work hardening

Work hardening, also known as strain hardening, is the process by which a material's load-bearing capacity (strength) increases during plastic (permanent) deformation. This characteristic is what sets ductile materials apart from brittle materials. Work hardening may be desirable, undesirable, or inconsequential, depending on the application.

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Work hardening

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related to Increase of dislocations and work hardening · 11
Work hardening → Because, Eventually, Frank, In, Increase, New, Plastic, Read, Upon, Using, Yield
related to Intentional work hardening · 7
Work hardening → An, Applications, Cold, In, The, These, They
related to Theory · 7
Work hardening → As, At, Before, In, Instead, The, This
related to Elastic and plastic deformation · 6
Work hardening → Ductility, Hence, Most, The, This, Work
related to Undesirable work hardening · 4
Work hardening → An, Certain, For, Inconel
related to Empirical relations · 3
Work hardening → Hollomon's, Ludwik's, There
related to Aluminum · 2
Work hardening → For, Items
related to Gold and other precious metals · 2
Work hardening → However, Much
is a · 1
Work hardening → consequence of plastic deformation

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Work hardeningis aconsequence of plastic deformation0.90text
Inconel require materials science machining strategies that take it into account.For metal objects designed to flexinstance ofsuperalloys0.80text
such as springsinstance ofsuperalloys0.80text
specialized alloys are usually employed in order to avoid work hardeninginstance ofsuperalloys0.80text
metalsinstance ofWork hardening occurs most notably for ductile materials0.80text
Work hardeningrelated to AluminumItems0.60section
Work hardeningrelated to AluminumFor0.60section
Work hardeningrelated to Elastic and plastic deformationWork0.60section
Work hardeningrelated to Elastic and plastic deformationThis0.60section
Work hardeningrelated to Elastic and plastic deformationMost0.60section
Work hardeningrelated to Elastic and plastic deformationThe0.60section
Work hardeningrelated to Elastic and plastic deformationDuctility0.60section

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