Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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extensometer

Metals; Metallurgy

An apparatus for indicating the deformation of metal while it is subjected to stress.

The measurement of deformation during stressing in the elastic range, permitting determination of elastic properties such as properties such as proportional limit, proof stress, yield strength by the ...

exfoliation

Metals; Metallurgy

A type of corrosion that progresses approximately parallel to the outer surface of the metal, causing layers of the metal to be elevated by the formation of corrosion product.

eutectoid steel

Metals; Metallurgy

Steel representing the eutectoid composition of the iron-carbon system, with about 0. 80% to 0. 83% carbon, the eutectoid temperature being about 1333 (degrees) F. Such steel in the annealed ...

etching

Metals; Metallurgy

Subjecting the surface of a metal to preferential chemical or electrolytic attack to reveal structural details.

eutectoid

Metals; Metallurgy

(1) An isothermal reversible transformation in which a solid solution is converted into two or more intimately mixed solids, the number of solids formed being the same as the number of components in ...