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Metallurgy
Metal works and production.
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refractory alloy
Metals; Metallurgy
A term applied to those alloys which due to hardness or abrasiveness present relative difficulty in maintaining close dimensional tolerances.
refractory metal
Metals; Metallurgy
A metal having an extremely high melting point. In the broad sense, it refers to metals having melting points above the range of iron, cobalt, and nickel.
refractory
Metals; Metallurgy
A heat-resistant material, usually nonmetallic, which is used for furnace linings and such.
reflector sheet
Metals; Metallurgy
An alclad product containing on one side a surface layer of high-purity aluminum superimposed on a core or base alloy of commercial-purity aluminum or an aluminum-manganese alloy. The high-purity ...
red brass
Metals; Metallurgy
85% Copper -- A copper-zinc alloy containing approximately 15% zinc, used for plumbing pipe, hardware, condenser tubes. Because of its color, is used or vanity cases, coins, plaques, badges, etc. It ...
reduction of area
Metals; Metallurgy
(1) Commonly, the difference, expressed as a percentage of original area, between the original cross-sectional area of a tensile test specimen and the minimum cross-sectional area measured after ...
