Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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carbon restoration

Metals; Metallurgy

Replacing the carbon lost in the surface layer during previous processing by carburizing this layer to substantially the original carbon level.

carbon range

Metals; Metallurgy

In steel specifications, the carbon range is the difference between the minimum and maximum amount of carbon acceptable.

carbide

Metals; Metallurgy

A compound of carbon with one or more metallic elements.

carbon

Metals; Metallurgy

Chemical symbol C. Element No. 6 of the periodic system; atomic weight 12. 01; has three allotropic modifications, all non-metallic. Carbon is present in practically all ferrous alloys, and has ...

carbon potential

Metals; Metallurgy

A measure of the capacity of an environment containing active carbon to alter or maintain, under prescribed conditions, the carbon concentration in a steel.

carbon free

Metals; Metallurgy

Metals and alloys which are practically free from carbon.

Referring to the rating of weld-ability, this is a value that takes into account the equivalent additive effects of carbon and other alloying elements on a particular characteristic of a steel. For ...