Aluminum

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chatter

Metals; Aluminum

A surface defect consisting of alternating ridges and valleys at right angles to the direction of extrusion.

A bevel at the apex of an angle on a machined part to allow clearance and prevent interference when assembled with another machined part. The interference may occur from dirt, burrs, or incidental ...

chalking

Metals; Aluminum

A white powdery deposit on the surface of the exposed paint film caused by weathering.

center

Metals; Aluminum

The difference in thickness between the middle and edges (average) of a sheet.

cell

Metals; Aluminum

In aluminum production: the electrolytic reduction cell, commonly called a pot, which alumina dissolved in molten cryolite is reduced to metallic aluminum. A series of cells connected electrically is ...

cavity

Metals; Aluminum

An area in the entry side of the die which serves to control flow of metal and in a solid die it permits a profile to be continuously extruded as metal from the succeeding billet face is welded to ...

caustic

Metals; Aluminum

(Sodium Hydroxide, NaOH and derivatives). The active ingredient in an alkaline bath, generally with a pH higher than 10, which removes aluminum from used extrusion dies by etching. The primary ...