Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

Industry: Metals; Materials science

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ironing

Metals; Metallurgy

Thinning the walls of deep drawn articles by reducing the clearance between punch and die.

isothermal annealing

Metals; Metallurgy

A process in which a ferrous alloy is heated to produce a structure partly or wholly austenitic, and is then cooled to and held at a temperature that causes transformation of the austenite to a ...

An element that has an average atomic number of 55. 85 and that always, in engineering practice, contains small but significant amounts of carbon. Thus iron-carbon alloys containing less than about ...

ingot iron

Metals; Metallurgy

Commercially pure open-hearth iron.

inhibitor

Metals; Metallurgy

A substance which retards some specific chemical reaction. Pickling inhibitors retard the dissolution of metal without hindering the removal of scale from steel.

inter-crystalline

Metals; Metallurgy

Between crystals, or between grains. Same as inter-granular.

interleaving

Metals; Metallurgy

The placing of a sheet of paper between two adjacent layers of metal to facilitate handling and shearing of rectangular sheets, or to prevent sticking or scratching.