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Metallurgy
Metal works and production.
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alpha brass
Metals; Metallurgy
A copper-zinc alloy containing up to 38% of zinc. Used mainly for cold working.
allotropy
Metals; Metallurgy
The property whereby certain elements may exist in more than one crystal structure.
alloy
Metals; Metallurgy
A substance having metallic properties and composed of two or more chemical elements of which at least one is a metal.
alloy steel
Metals; Metallurgy
Steel containing substantial quantities of elements other than carbon and the commonly-accepted limited amounts of manganese, sulfur, silicon, and phosphorus. Addition of such alloying elements is ...
alloying element
Metals; Metallurgy
An element added to a metal, and remaining in the metal, that effects changes in structure and properties.
aisi steels
Metals; Metallurgy
Steels of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Common and alloy steels have been numbered in a system essentially the same as the SAE. The AISI system is more elaborate than the SAE in that all ...
