Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

Industry: Metals; Materials science

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Slip plane

Metals; Metallurgy

The crystallographic plane on which slip occurs in a crystal.

Slip line

Metals; Metallurgy

Trace of a slip plane on a viewing surface.

A product resulting from the action of a flux on the nonmetallic constituents of a processed ore, or on the oxidised metallic constituents that are undesirable. Usually slags consist of combinations ...

Slip

Metals; Metallurgy

Plastic deformation by irreversible shear displacement of one part of a crystal relative to another in a definite crystallographic direction and on a definite crystallographic plane.

Sinker steel

Metals; Metallurgy

Used for making sinkers in hosiery making machinery. Supplied both hardened and tempered and cold rolled and annealed. Usually extra precision rolled and extra flat. Carbon content about 1. 25.

Sinkhead or hot top

Metals; Metallurgy

A reservoir insulated to retain heat and to hold excess molten metal on top of an ingot mold, in order to feed the shrinkage of the ingot. Also called shrink head or feeder head.