Glossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘E’ Earing – It is the wavy symmetrical projections formed during cupping, deep drawing, or spinning. It is the formation of ears or scalloped edges around the top of a drawn shell, resulting from the directional differences in the plastic-working properties …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘D’ Dam – It is a structure built across a liquid stream for the control of its flow. It is flow control device which is used in continuous casting tundishes. It is also the boundary support or ridge used to prevent …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘C’ Cable – It is a line made of rope, chain or wire which has different functions as per the application it is used for. It can either tie together two points or simply connect them, as in electricity conveyance or data …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘B’ Babbitt metal – 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. Babbitting …
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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