cooling rate
Heat loss speed
Cooling rate is how quickly something loses heat, typically measured in degrees per unit of time.
The term appears in metallurgy, where cooling rate affects a metal's hardness and grain structure, and in cooking, where rapid cooling prevents bacterial growth.
The steel's brittleness depends on its cooling rate.
- solidificationTransition to firm state
- metal castingShaping molten alloy in molds
- quenchingRapid cooling process
- ice bathTherapeutic immersion in frigid water
- cold waterFigurative enthusiasm killer
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