Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

Industry: Metals; Materials science

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strip

Metals; Metallurgy

A sheet of metal whose length is many times its width.

strip steel

Metals; Metallurgy

A flat cold rolled steel product (Other than Flat Wire) 23 15/16 and narrower; under. 250 in thickness, which has been cold reduced to desired decimal thickness and temper on single stand, single ...

structure

Metals; Metallurgy

The arrangement of parts; in crystals, especially, the shape and dimension of the until cell, and the number, kinds and positions of the atoms within it.

Elongated markings that appear on the surface of some materials when deformed just past the yield point. These markings lie approximately parallel to the direction of maximum shear stress and are the ...

sub-boundary structure

Metals; Metallurgy

A network of low-angle boundaries (usually with mis-orientations or less than one degree) within the main grains of a microstructure.

stress-rupture test

Metals; Metallurgy

A tension test performed at constant temperature, the load being held at such a level as to cause rupture. Also known as creep-rupture test.

stretch forming

Metals; Metallurgy

A process of forming panels and cowls of large curvature by stretching sheet over a form of the desired shape. This method is more rapid than hammering and beating.