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Certain metals can be marked by annealing. For this the material is heated to below its melting point, causing localised structural changes and more or less intensive colouration. These are stable up to around 200°C. At higher temperatures the structural changes recede again and the marking disappears. |
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| Cross section of a tempered marking |
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