27 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Metals; Materials science > Metallurgy
Metallurgy
Metal works and production.
Industry: Metals; Materials science
Add a new termContributors in Metallurgy
Metallurgy
lath martensite
Metals; Metallurgy
Martensite formed, partly in steel containing less than about 1. 0% C and solely in steels containing less than about 0. 5% C, as parallel arrays or packets of lath-shape units about 0. 1 to 0. 3 m ...
lap-weld
Metals; Metallurgy
A term applied to a weld formed by lapping two pieces of metal and then pressing or hammering, and applied particularly to the longitudinal joint produced by a welding process for tubes or pipe, in ...
lamination
Metals; Metallurgy
An abnormal structure resulting in a separation or weakness aligned generally parallel to the worked surface of the metal.
laminations
Metals; Metallurgy
Metal defects with separation or weakness generally aligned parallel to the worked surface of the metal. May be the result of pipe, blisters, seams, inclusions, or segregation elongated and made ...
lap
Metals; Metallurgy
A surface defect appearing as a seam, caused by folding over hot metal, fins or sharp corners and then rolling or forging them into the surface, but not welding them.
ladle analysis
Metals; Metallurgy
A term applied to the chemical analysis representative of a heat of steel as reported by the producer. It is determined by analyzing a test ingot sample obtained during the pouring of the steel from ...
lamellar tear
Metals; Metallurgy
A system of cracks or discontinuities aligned generally parallel to the worked surface of a plate. Usually associated with a fusion weld in thick plate.
