Glossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘M’ Macerate – It means to chop or shred fabric for use as a filler for a molding resin. Machinability – It is the relative ease with which material is removed from a solid by controlled chip-forming in a machining process. …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘L’ Label – It is an informative small document attached to an object. It is a piece of paper, plastic film, cloth, metal, or other material affixed to a product, on which is written or printed information or symbols about the product or item. Laboratory information management …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘K’ Kaikaku – It is a critical element within the Lean manufacturing framework representing a profound paradigm shift, embodying the Japanese term for radical change. Distinguished from the incremental nature of continuous improvement, Kaikaku seeks to dismantle and radically overhaul existing …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘J’ Jack – It is a mechanical lifting device which is used to apply large forces or lift heavy loads. A mechanical jack uses a screw thread for lifting heavy equipment. A hydraulic jack uses hydraulic power. Jack arch – It is …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘I’ IACS – It means ‘International annealed copper standard is a measure of electrical conductivity agreed in 1913 with ‘pure’ copper set as 100 %. Advances in copper refining mean that now the pure Copper can attain 103 % IACS. The …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘H’ Habitat – It means the natural home of a living organism. The three components of wildlife habitat are food, water, and shelter. Habit plane – It is the plane or system of planes of a crystalline phase along which some …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘G’ Gabbro – It is a dark, coarse-grained igneous rock. Gable – It is the normally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system …
Read MoreGlossary of technical terms for the use of metallurgical engineers Terms starting with alphabet ‘F’ Fabric – It is a material made of woven fibers or filaments. It is a planar textile which is also known as cloth. Fabricated valve – It is a valve in which the body is neither cast nor forged but …
Read MoreGlossary 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’ Dalton (Da) – It is also known as unified atomic mass unit (u). It is a unit of mass defined as 1/12 of the mass of a free unexcited atom of carbon-12 at rest. It is approximately equal to the mass of one nucleon. Dalton’s law of partial …
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