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Materials science
The the study of matter and their applications in various areas of science and engineering.
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Grinding
Materials science; Metallurgy
The use of an abrasive to wear away at the surface of a workpiece and change its shape. Grinding operations commonly use abrasive grains bonded into a wheel shape.
Honing
Materials science; Metallurgy
A precision abrasion process in which a relatively small amount of material is removed from a surface by means of abrasive stones. The goal is to obtain a desired finish or ...
Extrinsic Defects
Materials science; Metallurgy
The extrinsic point defects are foreign atoms, which are called solutes if they are intentionally added to the material and are called impurities if they are not. The foreign atom ...
Screw Dislocations
Materials science; Metallurgy
Dislocations in which the Burgers vector is perpendicular to the dislocation line. Dislocations in real crystals rarely have a pure edge character. Their Burgers vectors lie at ...
Surface Defects
Materials science; Metallurgy
Surface defects plastically deform the surface of the material. Surface defects are as follows. cracks , grooves , damages , slags , scabs and corrosion.
Intrinsic Defects
Materials science; Metallurgy
An intrinsic defect is formed when an atom is missing from a position that ought to be filled in the crystal, creating a vacancy, or when an atom occupies an interstitial ...
Line Defects
Materials science; Metallurgy
Line defects, or dislocations, are lines along which whole rows of atoms in a solid are arranged anomalously. The resulting irregularity in spacing is most severe along a line ...
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