Annealing:

Material exposed to elevated temperature for extended period of time, and then slowly cooled. Used to relieve stresses (Process annealing), increase softness, ductility and toughness, or to produce specific microstructure. Full Annealing: Transformation to austenite, then furnace cooled to coarse pearlite (relatively soft and ductile material)

Spheroidizing:
Material heated just below eutectoid, allowing cementite to form in spheroid particles (maximum softness and ductility)

Normalizing:
Used to refine grains (To increase the strength of the steel compared to the annealed steel ) and produce more uniform distribution in steels which have been plastically deformed (e.g. rolling) resulting in tougher steel. HARDENABILITY

The depth and distribution of hardness ( Martensite ). The hardenability of a steel depends primary on ; 1. The composition of steel 2. The austenite grain size 3. The structure of steel before quenching.