Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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binary alloy

Metals; Metallurgy

An alloy containing two elements, apart from minor impurities, as brass containing the two elements copper and zinc.

bessemer process

Metals; Metallurgy

A process for making steel by blowing air through molten pig iron contained in a refractory lined vessel so that the impurities are thus removed by oxidation.

Various tests which is used to ascertain the toughness and ductility of a metal product, in which the material is bent around its axis and/ or around an outside radius. A complete test might specify ...

beryllium copper

Metals; Metallurgy

An alloy of copper and 2-3% beryllium with optionally fractional percentages of nickel or cobalt. Alloys of this series show remarkable age-hardening properties and an ultimate hardness of about 400 ...