Heat Treatment of a Metal Bobby Pin - Hardening

An annealed bobby pin is heated, then cooled quickly; this process is called hardening. The hardened bobby pin is brittle.

Credits: 
  • Design
    • Ron Perkins Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT 06830
    • Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
  • Demonstration
    • Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
  • Text
    • Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
    • Nancy S. Gettys University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
    • David Phillips Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933
  • Video
    • Jerrold J. Jacobsen University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706