Metallurgy

Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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Earing

Metals; Metallurgy

The formation of scallops (ears) around the top edge of a drawn part caused by differences in the directional properties of the sheet metal used.

The trade name applied to the first aluminum-copper-magnesium type of age-hardenable alloy (17S), which contains nominally 4% Cu, 1/2% Mg. The term is sometimes used to include the class of wrought ...

Eddy-current testing

Metals; Metallurgy

Nondestructive testing method in which eddy-current flow is induced in the test object. Changes in the flow caused by variations in the object are reflected into a nearby coil or coils for subsequent ...

Ductility

Metals; Metallurgy

The ability of a material to deform plastically without fracturing, being measured by elongation or reduction of area in a tensile test, by height of cupping in an Erichsen test or by other means.

Electron beam microprobe analyzer

Metals; Metallurgy

An instrument for selective chemical analysis of a small volume of material. An electron beam bombards the area of interest and x-radiation thereby emitted is analysed in a spectrometer.

Electric furnace steel

Metals; Metallurgy

Steel made in any furnace where heat is generated electrically, almost always by arc. Because of relatively high cost, only tool steels and other high-value steels are made by the electric furnace ...