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Metallurgy
Metal works and production.
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cast iron
Metals; Metallurgy
Iron containing more carbon than the solubility limit in austenite (about 2%).
case
Metals; Metallurgy
In a ferrous alloy, the outer portion that has been made harder than the inner portion, or core.
cartridge brass
Metals; Metallurgy
70% copper 30% zinc. This is one of the most widely used of the copper-zinc alloys; it is formable and ductile and possesses excellent cold-working, poor hot working and poor machining properties. ...
carburizing
Metals; Metallurgy
A process in which an austenitized ferrous material is brought into contact with a carbonaceous atmosphere having sufficient carbon potential to cause absorption of carbon at the surface and, by ...
carbonitriding
Metals; Metallurgy
Introducing carbon and nitrogen into a solid ferrous alloy by holding above Ac1 in an atmosphere that contains suitable gases such as hydrocardons, carbon monocide, and ammonia. The carbonitrided ...
carbonitriding.
Metals; Metallurgy
A case hardening process in which a suitable ferrous material is heated above the lower transformation temperature in a gaseous atmosphere having a composition that results in simultaneous absorption ...
carbon steel
Metals; Metallurgy
Common or ordinary steel as contrasted with special or alloy steels, which contain other alloying metals in addition to the usual constituents of steel in their common percentages.
