Hardening

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Hardening may refer to:

  • Hardening (botany), the process by which a plant survives temperatures below the freezing point of water
  • Hardening (computing), the process of securing a system
  • Hardening (metallurgy), the strengthening of metal alloys by heat treatment
  • Case hardening, the process of hardening the surface of a metal by infusing elements into the material's surface forming a thin layer of a harder alloy
  • G-hardening, the preparation of an object for not getting damaged when subjected to a high g-force
  • a synonym for sclerotization occurring in arthropods

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