unannealed
Lacking thermal processing
Unannealed describes metal or glass that hasn't been annealed—heated and slowly cooled to reduce brittleness and internal stresses.
Unannealed materials are harder but more prone to cracking or shattering: The unannealed steel fractured under pressure.
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the ghost laments dying "unannealed"—without last rites, spiritually unprepared.
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
untempered · unrefined · raw · unprocessed · untreated · unadaptable · brittle · harsh
Controlled heating and cooling
- quenchingRapid cooling process
- recrystallizationPurification through dissolving and reforming
- stress-reliefReduction of mental tension
- hardeningBecoming less soft
normalizing · softening · forging · blacksmithing · steel · iron · copper · aluminum
Split in hard material
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- splinterThin sharp fragment
- snapSudden sharp sound
fragile · breakable · fragility · brittleness · chipping · vulnerable · weakness · failure
Excessive stretching force
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- tensionStretched or strained state
- distortionTwisting from original state
- warpingBecoming bent or twisted
deformation · defects · dislocation · impurity · microstructure · crystalline · instability · cracking
rigid
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
hardened · untempered · unrefined · raw · unprocessed · untreated · unadaptable · brittle · harsh · unforgiving
tempering
Controlled heating and cooling
- quenchingRapid cooling process
- recrystallizationPurification through dissolving and reforming
- stress-reliefReduction of mental tension
hardening · normalizing · softening · forging · blacksmithing · steel · iron · copper · aluminum · brass
fracture
Split in hard material
snap · fragile · breakable · fragility · brittleness · chipping · vulnerable · weakness · failure · defects
strain
Excessive stretching force
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- tensionStretched or strained state
- distortionTwisting from original state
warping · deformation · defects · dislocation · impurity · microstructure · crystalline · instability · cracking
glassblowing
Crafting molten silica by inflation
silica · cullet · blowpipe · glory-hole · frit · soda-lime · borosilicate · viscosity · batch · cracking