cold shut

cold shut

(1) A discontinuity that appears on the surface of cast metal as a result of two streams of liquid meeting and failing to unite. (2) A portion of the surface of a forging that is separated, in part, from the main body of metal by oxide.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Metals
Category: Metallurgy
Company:
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

cold-shut

Language; Dictionaries

Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting.

shut

Language; Dictionaries

The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.

shut

Language; Dictionaries

Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.

shut

Construction; Bridge

A seam or opening in metal formed during manufacture.

metallurgist

Metals; Metallurgy

A scientist whose work relates to the study of the properties of metals and ores.

brittle fracture

Materials science; Metallurgy

Fracture that occurs by rapid crack propagation and without appreciable macroscopic deformation.

hardenability

Materials science; Metallurgy

A measure of the depth to which a specific ferrous alloy may be hardened by the formation of martensite upon quenching from a temperature above the upper critical temperature.

hardness

Materials science; Metallurgy

The measure of a material's resistance to deformation by surface indentation or by abrasion.

fatigue

Materials science; Metallurgy

Failure, at relatively low stress levels, of structures that are subjected to fluctuating and cyclic stresses.

hot working

Materials science; Metallurgy

Any metal-forming operation that is performed above a metal's recrystallization temperature.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: Weather Category: Meteorology

tornado

1. A violently rotating column of air, in contact with the ground, either pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often ...