Provenance: precipitation hardening

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1. Term "precipitation hardening" created

   Jul 26, 2026 at 11:24 AM UTC

2. Definition 1 · revision 1 writtenChristopher Rauch

   Jul 26, 2026 at 11:24 AM UTC

   Initial contribution A strengthening treatment in which a supersaturated alloy is aged so that fine second-phase particles form throughout the matrix, obstructing dislocation motion. Strength rises as the particles grow toward an optimum size and falls again if…