work hardening

English

Noun

work hardening (uncountable)

1. (metallurgy) The repeated plastic deformation of a material, causing a permanent distortion of its crystal structure, and an increase in its strength

Synonyms

• strain hardening, cold working

Translations

repeated plastic deformation of a material

• Finnish: kylmämuokkaus (process); muokkauslujittuminen (result)
• French: écrouissage (fr) m
• German: Kaltumformung f, Kaltumformen f
• Greek: ενδοτράχυνση (el) (endotráchynsi), εργοσκλήρυνση (ergosklírynsi)
• Italian: incrudimento (it) m
• Portuguese: encruamento m
• Russian: наклёп (ru) (nakljóp)
• Ukrainian: на́клеп m (náklep)