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Burning

(1) Permanently damaging a metal or alloy by heating to cause either incipient melting or inter-granular oxidation. (2) In grinding getting the work hot enough to cause discoloration or to change the microstructure by tempering or hardening.

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  • Category: Metallurgy
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