Glossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘H’ H-13 tool steel – It is a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium hot-work tool steel, widely considered the ‘workhorse’ of the tooling industry. It is defined by high toughness, excellent resistance to thermal fatigue (heat checking), and superior wear resistance. H-13 tool steel is predominantly …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘G’ GaAs compound – GaAs stands for gallium arsenide. GaAs compound is a high-performance III-V direct bandgap compound semiconductor composed of gallium (Ga) and arsenic (As). Engineered for high-speed, high-frequency, and opto-electronic applications, it offers higher electron mobility and superior heat / …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘F’ F1 score – It is a metric in machine learning which measures a model’s accuracy by calculating the harmonic mean of precision and recall, providing a balanced performance measure (0 to 1 or 0 % to 100 %). It is important …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘E’ E’ – It is the storage modulus (elastic component). It represents the elastic portion of the material’s viscoelastic behaviour. It measures the energy stored by the material during a deformation cycle and released upon unloading. It is directly related to …
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