annealing
Controlled cooling process
Annealing is a heat treatment process that alters the properties of metal or glass.
The material is heated to a specific temperature and then slowly cooled, reducing internal stresses and making it softer and more workable: The blacksmith annealed the blade before shaping it.
In computing, simulated annealing is an optimization algorithm inspired by this metallurgical process.
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- alloyMetallic combination
- quenchingRapid cooling process
- temperingControlled heating and cooling
recrystallization · microstructure · diffusion · ductility · pearlite · normalizing · carbon · workpiece
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- soakSaturate with liquid
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- conductionHeat transfer through contact
radiation · convection · thermal equilibrium · heat treatment · thermal stress
Oven for hardening clay
- annealerFurnace for controlled cooling
- glassblowingCrafting molten silica by inflation
- flameworkTorch-based glass shaping
- lampworkShaping glass with torches
fusing · slumping · molten · blowpipe · viscosity · glassmaker · cullet · glory hole
Initial cluster formation
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- solid-stateUsing semiconductors, not tubes
- supercoolingLiquid chilled below freezing
vitrification · amorphous · crystal growth · dendrite · phase change
Thin crisp disk
- dopantSemiconductor-altering impurity
- siliconMetalloid in electronics
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- activationSetting into operation
Becoming bent or twisted
- distortionTwisting from original state
- relaxationState of being unwound
- springbackElastic return to shape
Made to imitate reality
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- local minimumLowest nearby, not overall
- BoltzmannEntropy-probability linking physicist
- MetropolisHero's fictional American city
combinatorial · heuristic · convergence · traveling salesman
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
tempering · recrystallization · microstructure · diffusion · ductility · pearlite · normalizing · carbon · workpiece · isothermal
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- soakSaturate with liquid
- coolingLosing thermal energy
conduction · radiation · convection · thermal equilibrium · heat treatment · thermal stress
kiln
Oven for hardening clay
- annealerFurnace for controlled cooling
- glassblowingCrafting molten silica by inflation
- flameworkTorch-based glass shaping
lampwork · fusing · slumping · molten · blowpipe · viscosity · glassmaker · cullet · glory hole · frit
nucleation
Initial cluster formation
- crystallizationForming ordered solid structure
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- solid-stateUsing semiconductors, not tubes
supercooling · vitrification · amorphous · crystal growth · dendrite · phase change
wafer
Thin crisp disk
warping
Becoming bent or twisted
- distortionTwisting from original state
- relaxationState of being unwound
- springbackElastic return to shape
simulated
Made to imitate reality
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- local minimumLowest nearby, not overall
- BoltzmannEntropy-probability linking physicist
Metropolis · combinatorial · heuristic · convergence · traveling salesman
- crystallographycrystal structure, crystal systems, crystal growth, dislocations, crystallization
- craftsmanshiphandcrafted, craft, handiwork, stitching, welding
- fire usesburning, campfire, bonfire, grilling, roasting
- thermal processesheating, burning, cooling, boiling, melting
- blacksmithinganvil, anvils, forge, forges, bellows
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze tools, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger
annealinghardening
Becoming less soft
embrittlement · brittleness · rigidifying · stiffening · deformation