heat-treated

past tense of heat-treat

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  • Steam generator repairs In nuclear plants such as Palisades, water heated by the reactor passes through tubes in the generators, causing water outside the tubes to boil into steam that drives the turbines to produce electricity for the grid.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Supercritical temperatures at surface Geothermal power generation relies on pumping water heated by underground rock to the surface, where it is used to create electricity.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Heat-treated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heat-treated. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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