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The the study of matter and their applications in various areas of science and engineering.
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slip
Metals; Metallurgy
Plastic deformation by irreversible shear displacement of one part of a crystal relative to another in a definite crystallographic direction and on a definite crystallographic ...
sinker steel
Metals; Metallurgy
Used for making sinkers in hosiery making machinery. Supplied both hardened and tempered and cold rolled and annealed. Usually extra precision rolled and extra flat. Carbon ...
sinkhead or hot top
Metals; Metallurgy
A reservoir insulated to retain heat and to hold excess molten metal on top of an ingot mold, in order to feed the shrinkage of the ingot. Also called shrink head or feeder head.
slack quenching
Metals; Metallurgy
The process of hardening steel by quenching from the austenitizing temperature at a rate slower than the critical cooling rate for the particular steel, resulting in incomplete ...
slab
Metals; Metallurgy
A piece of metal, intermediate between ingot and plate, at least twice as wide as it is thick.
skull
Metals; Metallurgy
A layer of solidified metal or dross on the wall of a pouring vessel often when metal has been poured.
skin
Metals; Metallurgy
A thin surface layer that is different from the main mass of a metal object, in composition, structure or other characteristics.
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