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Quenching vs Hardness - What's the difference?

quenching | hardness |

As nouns the difference between quenching and hardness

is that quenching is (physics) the extinction of any of several physical properties while hardness is the quality of being hard.

As a verb quenching

is .

quenching

English

(wikipedia quenching)

Noun

  • (physics) The extinction of any of several physical properties.
  • The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it.

    • Derived terms

    * quenching frequency * quenching oil * quenching stress

    Verb

    (head)

    • hardness

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being hard.
  • An instance of this quality; hardship.

    • See also

    * hardiness

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