[tĕḿpər]
(v.)To modify by the addition of a moderating element; moderate:“temper…
(v.)To bring to a desired consistency, texture, hardness, or other…
(v.)To be or become tempered.
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Tempering is a method of heating and cooling chocolate in order to use it for coating or dipping. ...
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Tempering means to bring something to the consistency you desire it to be. It can be done through blending, kneading, heating, or cooling. It is done with clay and paints and other things.
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Tempering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tempering is a heat treatment technique for metals, alloys and glass. In steels, tempering is done to "toughen" the metal by transforming brittle martensite or bainite into a combination of ferrite a...
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Toughened or tempered glass is glass that has been processed by controlled thermal or chemical treatments to increase its strength compared with normal glass. Tempered glass is made by processes wh...
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Manuals, Hints, Guidelines, Articles and Help ... The following is a pretty thorough method for tempering at home: (credit to Pete Lockhart, pete@teleport.com); Frankly, I've had decent luck with microwave ovens for melting the chocolate. It's an iterative process of nuking, stirring, nuking, stirring, etc.
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The process of hardening. As in steel tempering.
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First things first, the forge must be prepared. seen here is the smith making the vent that will feed the fire with air from the blower behind it. ... To forge the blade, a strip of steel, used here is high carbon steel, is cut to the approximate needed size. ... Making the sword - forming & tempering the blade...
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Tempering is a term historically associated with the heat treatment of martensite in steels. It describes how the microstructure and mechanical properties change as the metastable sample is held isothermally at a temperature where austenite cannot form.
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