Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

Contributors in Metallurgy

Metallurgy

A method for removing seams and other surface defects with chisel or gouge so that such defects will not be worked into the finished product. Chipping is often employed also to remove metal that is ...

Carbon

Metals; Metallurgy

Chemical symbol C. Element No. 6 of the periodic system; atomic weight 12. 01; has three allotropic modifications, all non-metallic. Carbon is present in practically all ferrous alloys, and has ...

Carbon potential

Metals; Metallurgy

A measure of the capacity of an environment containing active carbon to alter or maintain, under prescribed conditions, the carbon concentration in a steel.

Carbon free

Metals; Metallurgy

Metals and alloys which are practically free from carbon.

Carbon equivalent

Metals; Metallurgy

Referring to the rating of weld-ability, this is a value that takes into account the equivalent additive effects of carbon and other alloying elements on a particular characteristic of a steel. For ...

Canning

Metals; Metallurgy

A dished distortion in a flat or nearly flat surface, sometimes referred to as oil canning.

Capped steel

Metals; Metallurgy

Semi-killed steel cast in a bottle-top mould and covered with a cap fitting into the neck of the mold. The cap causes to top metal to solidify. Pressure is built up in the sealed-in molten metal and ...