A heat process performed in a caarefully controlled furnace atmosphere resulting in a clean, smooth, scale free metal surface. During typical annealing, the heated steel combines with oxygen in the air to form an oxide layer on the steel's surface.
In bright annealing, the steel is heated in a furnace filled with gases, such as hydrogen or nitrogen, or in a vacuum, to prevent oxide scale formation. The material comes out of the bright anneal furnace with the same surface as it had when it went into the furnace. The process eliminates the need for the old fashioned acid bath pickling operations.
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