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Metallurgy
Metal works and production.
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camber or bow
Metals; Metallurgy
Edgewise curvature. A lateral departure of a side edge of sheet or strip metal from a straight line.
camera shutter steel
Metals; Metallurgy
Hardened, tempered and bright polished extra flat and extra precision rolled. Carbon content 1. 25 - Chromium. 15.
burnishing
Metals; Metallurgy
Smoothing surfaces through friction between the material and material such as hardened metal media.
burnt
Metals; Metallurgy
A definition applying to material which has been permanently damaged by over-heating.
burning
Metals; Metallurgy
(1) Permanently damaging a metal or alloy by heating to cause either incipient melting or inter-granular oxidation. (2) In grinding getting the work hot enough to cause discoloration or to change the ...
Brown & Sharp gages (B&S)
Metals; Metallurgy
A standard series of sizes referred to by numbers, in which the diameter of wire or thickness of sheet metal is generally produced and which is used in the manufacture of brass, bronze, copper, ...
buffer
Metals; Metallurgy
A substance added to aqueous solutions to maintain a constant hydrogen-ion concentration, even in the presence of acids or alkalis.
