Glossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘D’ D2D – It very frequently stands for door-to-door in business and sales, or device-to-device / direct-to-device in technology. Dacron polyester – It is a type of polyester produced through the polymerization of di-methyl terephthalate and ethylene glycol through a condensation …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘C’ C4 grass – It refers to a type of grass, such as switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), which utilizes a specific photo-synthetic pathway which improves its efficiency in capturing carbon di-oxide and converting it into biomass, making it valuable for sustainable …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘B’ Babbitt metal, Babbitt – It is a non-ferrous bearing alloy originated by Isaac Babbitt in 1839. Presently, the term includes several tin-base alloys consisting mainly of different quantities of copper, antimony, tin, and lead. Lead-base Babbitt metals are also used. …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘A’ A15 superconductors – The term A15 refers to a cubic crystal type in the Strukturbericht System represented by the example Cr3Si. The intermetallic A3B compound is formed by a body-centered cubic (bcc) arrangement of B atoms with two A atoms …
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