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Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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Metallurgy

Substrate

Metals; Metallurgy

The layer of metal underlying a coating, regardless of whether the layer is base metal.

Sulphide spheroidization

Metals; Metallurgy

A stage of overheating in which sulphide inclusions are partly or completely spheroidized.

Sulphur

Metals; Metallurgy

Chemical symbol S) Element No. 16 of the periodic system; atomic weight 32. 06. Non-metal occurring in a number of allotropic modifications, the most common being a pale-yellow brittle solid. In ...

Sulphur print

Metals; Metallurgy

A macrographic method of examining distribution of sulphide inclusions.

Superalloy

Metals; Metallurgy

An alloy developed for very high temperature service where relatively high stresses (tensile, thermal, vibratory, and shock) are encountered and where oxidation resistance is frequently required.

Supercooling

Metals; Metallurgy

Cooling to a temperature below that of an equilibrium phase transformation without the transformation taking place.

Superficial rockwell hardness test

Metals; Metallurgy

Form of Rockwell hardness test using relatively light loads which produce minimum penetration. Used for determining surface hardness or hardness of thin sections or small parts, or where large ...

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