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Metallurgy

Metal works and production.

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Metallurgy

Brown & Sharp gauges (B&S)

Metals; Metallurgy

A standard series of sizes referred to by numbers, in which the diameter of wire or thickness of sheet metal is generally produced and which is used in the manufacture of brass, bronze, copper, ...

Buffer

Metals; Metallurgy

A substance added to aqueous solutions to maintain a constant hydrogen-ion concentration, even in the presence of acids or alkalis.

Buckle

Metals; Metallurgy

Bulges and/ or hollows occurring along the length of the metal with the edges remaining otherwise flat.

Blister

Metals; Metallurgy

A defect in metal, on or near the surface, resulting from the expansion of gas in a subsurface zone. Very small blisters are called pinheads or pepper blisters.

Black plate

Metals; Metallurgy

A light weight or a thin uncoated steel sheet or strip so called because of its dark oxide colouring prior to pickling. It is manufactured by two different processes. (1) Form sheet bar on single ...

Black oil tempered spring steel strip

Metals; Metallurgy

A flat cold rolled usually. 70/. 80 medium high carbon steel strip, blue-black in color, which has been quenched in oil and drawn to desired hardness. While it looks and acts much like blue tempered ...

Black annealing

Metals; Metallurgy

A process of box annealing or pot annealing ferrous alloy sheet, strip or wire after hot working and pickling.

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