Materials science

Materials science

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

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camber or bow

Metals; Metallurgy

Edgewise curvature. A lateral departure of a side edge of sheet or strip metal from a straight line.

camera shutter steel

Metals; Metallurgy

Hardened, tempered and bright polished extra flat and extra precision rolled. Carbon content 1. 25 - Chromium. 15.

burnishing

Metals; Metallurgy

Smoothing surfaces through friction between the material and material such as hardened metal media.

burnt

Metals; Metallurgy

A definition applying to material which has been permanently damaged by over-heating.

burning

Metals; Metallurgy

(1) Permanently damaging a metal or alloy by heating to cause either incipient melting or inter-granular oxidation. (2) In grinding getting the work hot enough to cause ...

Brown & Sharp gages (B&S)

Metals; Metallurgy

A standard series of sizes referred to by numbers, in which the diameter of wire or thickness of sheet metal is generally produced and which is used in the manufacture of brass, ...