annealing for steels

spherodizing, normalizing, full annealing, process annealing, and stress relief

Simulated annealing is a probabilistic optimization technique inspired by the annealing process in metallurgy. It is used to find good solutions to problems with large search spaces by exploring a diverse set of potential solutions and gradually reducing the search space over time. The method involves iteratively adjusting the temperature parameter to balance exploration of new solutions with exploitation of promising ones.

Annealing is making something stronger or more resolute. An example sentence would be: The annealing has to be done before it's complete.

Metallurgy branches into extractive metallurgy, physical metallurgy, and mechanical metallurgy. Extractive metallurgy involves extracting metals from ores, physical metallurgy focuses on the structure and properties of metals, and mechanical metallurgy deals with processes like shaping, alloying, and heat treatment to improve mechanical properties.