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Break test

Metals; Metallurgy

A method of testing hardened and tempered high carbon spring steel strip wherein the specimen is held and bent across the grain in a vice-like calibrated testing machine. Pressure is applied until ...

Bridling

Metals; Metallurgy

The cold working of dead soft annealed strip metal immediately prior to a forming, bending, or drawing operation. A process designed to prevent the formulation of Luder's lines. Caution-Bridled metal ...

Bronze

Metals; Metallurgy

Primarily an alloy of copper and tin, but additionally, the name is used when referring to other alloys not containing tin, for example, aluminium bronze, manganese bronze, and beryllium bronze.

Broaching

Metals; Metallurgy

Multiple shaving, accomplished by pushing a tool with stepped cutting edges along the piece, particularly through holes.

Brittleness

Metals; Metallurgy

The tendency of a metal or material to fracture without undergoing appreciable plastic deformation.

Bright annealing

Metals; Metallurgy

The process of annealing in a protective atmosphere so as to prevent discoloration of the bright surface desired.

Bright annealed wire

Metals; Metallurgy

Steel wire bright drawn and annealed in controlled non-oxidizing atmosphere so that surface oxidation is reduced to a minimum and the surface remains relatively bright.

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