Exam Question
Describe the following process with the steals
(a) Annealing (4)
(b) Normalising (4)
(c) Quenching (4)
(d) Tempering (4)
Class 4 (4th Engineer)
MEP
📅 Feb 2023
Reference Answer
### (a) Annealing (4 Marks)
**1. Objective:**
Annealing is a heat treatment process primarily aimed at softening steel to improve its machinability, increasing its ductility, and relieving internal stresses that may have been induced by prior processes like cold working, forging, or casting.
**2. Process:**
**1. Objective:**
Annealing is a heat treatment process primarily aimed at softening steel to improve its machinability, increasing its ductility, and relieving internal stresses that may have been induced by prior processes like cold working, forging, or casting.
**2. Process:**
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