Aluminum

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forming

Metals; Aluminum

Changing the shape of metal except by shearing or blanking without intentionally altering its thickness.

fracture

Metals; Aluminum

A generic term for measure of resistance to extension of a crack.

frictional heat

Metals; Aluminum

That heat imparted to the extrusion or billet as the result of metal movement within the container or through the die.

formability

Metals; Aluminum

The relative ease with which a material can be shaped through plastic deformation.

The removal of impurities from molten metal in a crucible, furnace, or scrap remelting furnace by bubbling a mixture of gasses up through the melt. The combined chemical and mechanical action carries ...

fluorocarbon

Metals; Aluminum

A stable carbon compound in which hydrogen from a hydrocarbon has been replaced by fluorine. Coatings containing the fluorocarbon PVF2, among the most stable known, are applied by roll coating or ...

flow coating

Metals; Aluminum

Painting a part by directing streams of paint against it and letting excess paint drain into a tank for recirculation. Complicated shapes can be painted this way, but they must be correctly ...