Corrosion

Corrosion

Chemical action which causes destruction of the surface of a metal by oxidation or chemical combination.

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corrosion

Machine tools; Bearings

A chemical attack on metals by acids, alkalies, oxygen, chlorine, sulfur or other chemicals. This is distinct from metal destruction by wear and may be evident by either ...

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The decay and loss of a metal due to a chemical reaction between the metal and its environment. It is a transformation process in which the metal passes from its elemental form to ...

corrosion

Education; SAT vocabulary

Gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.

corrosive

Education; SAT vocabulary

That which causes gradual decay by crumbling or surface disintegration.

corrosive

Automotive; Automobile

Causing corrosion, e.g., acid is corrosive because it eats away the substance on which it is applied. That's why acid rain is so harmful to the surface of automobiles.

chip

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Complex electric circuit that is etched onto a tiny slice of a material called semiconductor.

roentgen

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

The amount-of radiation that will produce one electrostatic unit of ions per cubic centimeter volume.

schering bridge

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

An alternating current form of Wheatstone bridge, used for comparing capacitances or for measuring the phase angle of a capacitor by comparison with a standard capacitor.

semiconductor

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

A material whose resistivity is between that of insulators and conductors. The resistivity is often changed by light, heat, an electric field, or magnetic field. Current flow is ...

series lamp operation

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Refers to ballasts that employ a single current path passing through all lamps operated by the ballast If one lamp should fail, companion lamps operated by the same ballast will ...

silicone

Electrical equipment; Capacitors

Polymeric materials in which the recurring chemical group contains silicon and oxygen atoms as links in the main chain.

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