Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

Industry: Metals; Materials science

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gages

Metals; Metallurgy

Mfrs. Standard numbering systems indicating decimal thickness' or diameters.

fusion welding

Metals; Metallurgy

Any welding process in which fusion is employed to complete the weld.

(A) (No. 1 Temper) In low carbon sheet or strip steel, stiff and springy, not suitable for bending in any direction. It is the hardest temper obtainable by hard cold rolling. (B) In Stainless Steel ...

full annealing

Metals; Metallurgy

Annealing a ferrous alloy by austenitizing and then cooling slowly through the transformation range. The austenitizing temperature to hypoeutectoid steel is usually above Ac3; and for hypereutectoid ...

metal spraying

Metals; Metallurgy

A process for applying a coating of metal to an object. The metal, usually in the form of wire, is melted by an oxy-hydrogen or oxyacetylene blast or by an electric arc and is proficted at high speed ...

metallography

Metals; Metallurgy

The science concerning the constituents and structure of metals and alloys as revealed by the microscope.

melting point

Metals; Metallurgy

The temperature at which a pure metal, compound or eutectic changes form solid to liquid; the temperature at which the liquid and the solid are in equilibrium.