Materials science

Materials science

The the study of matter and their applications in various areas of science and engineering.

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puddling process

Metals; Metallurgy

A process for making wrought iron in which cast orn is melted in a hearth furnace and rabbled with slag and oxide until a pasty mass is obtained. This process was developed by ...

pulse-echo method

Metals; Metallurgy

A nondestructive test in which pulses of energy are directed onto a part, and the time for the echo to return from one or more reflecting surfaces is measured.

punch

Metals; Metallurgy

The movable part that forces the metal into the die in equipment for sheet drawing, blanking, coining, embossing and the like.

punching

Metals; Metallurgy

Shearing holes in sheet metal with punch and die.

quench aging

Metals; Metallurgy

Aging that occurs after quenching following solution heat treatment.

quarter hard

Metals; Metallurgy

(A) In low carbon cold-rolled strip steel, a medium soft temper produced by a limited amount of cold rolling after annealing. (B) In brass mill terminology. Quarter hard is one B ...