Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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residual stress

Metals; Metallurgy

Macroscopic stresses that are set up within a metal as the result of non-uniform plastic deformation. This deformation may be caused by cold working or by drastic gradients of temperature from ...

residuals

Metals; Metallurgy

'Incidental' or 'tramp' elements not named in a specification. These inclusions are usually due to contaminated scrap.

resilience

Metals; Metallurgy

The tendency of a material to return to its original shape after the removal of a stress that has produced elastic strain.

resistance welding

Metals; Metallurgy

Welding with electrical resistance heating and pressure, the work being part of an electrical circuit.

resolution

Metals; Metallurgy

The capacity of an optical or radiation system to separate closely spaced forms or entities; also, the degree to which such forms or entities can be discriminated.

residual elements

Metals; Metallurgy

Small quantities of elements unintentionally present in an alloy.

rephosphorizing

Metals; Metallurgy

A Ladle-chemical treatment consisting of the addition of phosphorus as a work hardening agent when temper rolling black plate or sheet steel resulting in greater hardness and stiffness and with a ...