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Metallurgy
Metal works and production.
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Binary alloy
Metals; Metallurgy
An alloy containing two elements, apart from minor impurities, as brass containing the two elements copper and zinc.
Bessemer process
Metals; Metallurgy
A process for making steel by blowing air through molten pig iron contained in a refractory lined vessel so that the impurities are thus removed by oxidation.
Bend test
Metals; Metallurgy
Various tests which is used to ascertain the toughness and ductility of a metal product, in which the material is bent around its axis and/ or around an outside radius. A complete test might specify ...
Beryllium copper
Metals; Metallurgy
An alloy of copper and 2-3% beryllium with optionally fractional percentages of nickel or cobalt. Alloys of this series show remarkable age-hardening properties and an ultimate hardness of about 400 ...
Bauxite
Metals; Metallurgy
The only commercial ore of aluminum, corresponding essentially to the formula Al2O3xH2O.
Bearing load
Metals; Metallurgy
A compressive load supported by a member, usually a tube or collar, along a line where contact is made with a pin, rivet, axle, or shaft.
Basic steel
Metals; Metallurgy
Steel melted in a furnace with a basic bottom and lining and under a slag containing an excess of a basic substance such as magnesia or lime.
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