Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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finishing temperature

Metals; Metallurgy

Temperature of final hot-working of a metal.

fish eyes

Metals; Metallurgy

Areas on a fractured steel surface having a characteristic white crystalline appearance.

flakes

Metals; Metallurgy

Short discontinuous internal fissures in ferrous metals attributed to stresses produced by lacalized transformation and decreased solubility of hydrogen during cooling after hot working. In a ...

flame annealing

Metals; Metallurgy

A process of softening a metal by the application of heat from a high-temperature flame.

finished steel

Metals; Metallurgy

Steel that is ready for the market without further work or treatment. Blooms, billets, slabs, sheet bars, and wire rods are termed semi-finished produced by the in-the-line thermal treatment ...

A charcoal-fueled hearth furnace used in early processes for converting cast iron to wrought iron by melting and oxidizing it in an air blast, then repeatedly oxidizing the product in the presence of ...

filler metal

Metals; Metallurgy

A third material that is melted concurrently with the parent metal during fusion or braze welding. It is usually, but not necessarily, of different composition from the parent metals.