Glossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘Y’ Yagi antenna – It is a type of radio antenna using a feeder element, one or more parasitic reflector elements, and one or more director parasitic elements to provide a directional characteristic. The classic home television rooftop antenna has been …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘X’ X-axis – It is one of the axes of a two- or three-dimensional graph. The X-axis is the horizontal plane of a graph in a Cartesian coordinate system. It is the principal or horizontal axis of a system of coordinates, points …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘W’ Wackenroder solution – It is a dilute aqueous solution created by reacting hydrogen sulphide (H2S) with sulphur di-oxide (SO2). This reaction yields a mixture of various sulphur oxy-acids, including polythionic acids, and colloidal sulphur Wadell shape factor – It is also known …
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