Glossary

Your go-to resource for easily understanding and clearly navigating the world of metals. Explore our comprehensive glossary to understand more about Metals.

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A

alloy
annealing
anodizing
api (american petroleum institute)
automotive steel
arc welding
acid pickling
aluminum alloy
automotive parts

B

blast furnace
brazing
billet
brinell hardness test
bimetallic strip
burnishing
bonded metals
boron steel
bronze
buffering
bending radius
blending
burnout:
billet forging
burr
bump test
blacksmithing
burr removal

C

cryogenic treatment
cladding layer
case hardening
carbon content
chromium plating
composite steel
corrosion fatigue
critical temperatures
continuous casting
cold drawn tubing
cladding
carburizing steel
coring
compressive strength
ceramic matrix composites
cold rolled steel
copper alloys
cutting tools
creep resistance
corrosion resistance

D

ductility
decarburization
die casting
deep drawing
deformation twinning

E

elasticity
electroplating:
electrochemical machining
electroslag welding (esw)
electromagnetic

F

fatigue
ferrite
flame hardening
forging
friction

G

galvanizing
grain structure
grinding
gas welding:
gray cast iron

H

hardening
heat treatment
hot rolling
hardenability
hot working

I

induction hardening
ingot
impact strength
injection mold

J

jominy test
joule heating
jet milling
jig
jet soldering

K

knoop hardness
kip
knee joint
knurling

L

ladle
laser cutting
laminated steel
latent heat:
lattice structure

M

malleability
metallic bond
microstructure
martensite
melt flow index

N

non-destructive testing (ndt)
nickel alloy
normalizing
nitriding
neutron radiography

O

oil quenching

P

powder metallurgy
precipitation hardening
phases
passivation
plasma cutting
powder metallurgy

Q

quenching
quenching medium
quenching rate
quench cracking
quality control
quench hardening

R

recrystallization
rapid solidification
rolling
rheology
resistance welding

S

sintering
stress relieving
shot peening
solidification

T

tensile strength
thermal conductivity
tempering
thermal expansion
thermoforming

U

underwater welding
ultrasonic testing
uniformity
uphill welding

V

vacuum furnaces
vickers hardness test
vacuum metallizing
vibration testing
valve steel

W

weldability
wrought iron
welded joint
wear resistance
white cast iron

X

x-ray diffraction
x-ray fluorescence

Y

Z