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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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overheating
Metals; Metallurgy
Heating a metal or alloy to such a high temperature that its properties are impaired. When the original properties cannot be restored by further heat treating, by mechanical ...
overaging
Metals; Metallurgy
Aging under conditions of time and temperature greater than those required to obtain maximum change in a certain property, so that the property is altered in the direction of the ...
oscillated wound or scroll wound
Metals; Metallurgy
A method of even winding metal strip or wire on to a reel or mandrel wherein the strands are uniformly over-lapped. Sometimes termed stagger wound or vibrated wound. The opposite ...
orange peel
Metals; Metallurgy
A pebble-grain surface which develops in forming of metals having coarse grains.
crystal orientation
Metals; Metallurgy
Arrangement of certain crystal axes or crystal planes in a crystalline aggregate with respect to a given direction or plane. If there is any tendency for one arrangement to ...
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