AAZ
nounMetallurgy
Initialism of arc attachment zone.
Metallurgy
190 entries in this trade.
alloyant
nounMetallurgy
A material added to a metal (possibly itself an alloy) to alter its properties.
almond furnace
A kind of furnace used in refining to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter.
aluminium bronze
nounMetallurgy
An alloy of copper with about 5% to 10% aluminium
amalgam
nounMetallurgy
An alloy containing mercury.
American forge
nounMetallurgy
A forge for the direct production of wrought iron, differing from the old Catalan forge mainly in using finely crushed ore and working continuously.
anneal
verbMetallurgy
To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
archaeometallurgy
nounMetallurgy
The study of the prehistory of metal extraction and working
Austenite
nounMetallurgy
Alternative letter-case form of austenite.
bainite
nounMetallurgy
A microstructure of steel consisting of needle-like particles of cementite embedded in a ferrite matrix.
bar
nounMetallurgy
A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
barstock
nounMetallurgy
Alternative form of bar stock.
base metal
nounMetallurgy
The metal to be welded (rather than that used to weld).
bean shot
nounMetallurgy
Refined copper that has been cast into small, pelletlike drops by pouring molten copper into water.
bean-shot copper
nounMetallurgy
Copper that has been melted and poured into cold water.
Bessemer process
nounMetallurgy
The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel, based on blowing air through molten pig iron to remove impurities by oxidation.
billet
nounMetallurgy
A semi-finished length of metal.
bimetal
nounMetallurgy
An object consisting of two metals.
black copper
nounMetallurgy
Copper with iron and sulfur impurities due to insufficient smelting.
blankholder
nounMetallurgy
A plate that holds a metal blank in position in a hydraulic press.
blast furnace
nounMetallurgy
An industrial furnace in which ore is smelted to metal, the process being intensified by a blast of hot air.
blind
adjectiveMetallurgy
Able to be fixed without access to one end.
blooming
nounMetallurgy
The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
blow in
verbMetallurgy
To activate a blast furnace by eliminating moisture and then igniting a large amount of fuel.
blowhole
nounMetallurgy
An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product.
blue
verbMetallurgy
To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
BMS
nounMetallurgy
Initialism of bright mild steel (“mild steel that has been cold finished and polished”).
bonderization
nounMetallurgy
The process of bonderizing.
bonderize
verbMetallurgy
To treat (steel) with a phosphate coat.
boriding
nounMetallurgy
The treatment of a metal surface with boride (or the formation of a boride layer)
bright
adjectiveMetallurgy
Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
brightener
nounMetallurgy
Any substance added to an electrolytic bath to yield a brighter electroplated surface.
bronzing
nounMetallurgy
The process of coating items with bronze.
case harden
verbMetallurgy
To impart greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal.
case hardening
nounMetallurgy
The process of imparting greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal.
case-hardened
adjectiveMetallurgy
Of metal: harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process.
cazo process
nounMetallurgy
An old method for amalgamating metal ores by first boiling in a solution of salt.
cementation
nounMetallurgy
The impregnation of the surface of a metal with another material.
chill
verbMetallurgy
To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
Chvorinov's rule
nameMetallurgy
An empirical formula used to calculate the solidification time of cast metal. The rule states that t=B(V/A)ⁿ, where t is the solidification time, B is a constant whose value depends on the material properties of the cast metal, V is the volume of the cast, A is the surface area of the cast that contacts the mold, and n is a constant that is usually around 1.5 to 2.
cold flow
nounMetallurgy
Low, ambient temperature creep;particularly affecting polymers or low-melting-point (typically nonferrous) metals.
cold rolling
nounMetallurgy
A rolling of metal at a temperature below that of its recrystallization point.
cold short
adjectiveMetallurgy
Of metal: brittle at low temperatures.
cold work
nounMetallurgy
Any of several plastic deformations of metal (or other material) at relatively low temperatures.
cold working
nounMetallurgy
The working of a metal (e.g., hammering, forging, rolling, swaging) at low temperatures, such as room temperature rather than furnace temperature; it often serves to strengthen a metal.
converter
nounMetallurgy
A person or thing that converts.
converting furnace
nounMetallurgy
A furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.
Coslettize
To apply a coating of phosphate to the surface of (iron or steel) to protect from corrosion.
crocodile squeezer
nounMetallurgy
A kind of jawed squeezer used for the expulsion of the cinder from, and the consolidation of, the puddled ball of metal.
cuprotitanium
nounMetallurgy
An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
cyanidation
nounMetallurgy
The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process
deadmelt
verbMetallurgy
To melt steel at high temperatures in order to deoxidize it.
debind
verbMetallurgy
To remove binders (organic or other binding substances) from (something metal).
debinder
nounMetallurgy
a tool for debinding
debismuthization
nounMetallurgy
The removal of bismuth from lead during refining.
dendrite
nounMetallurgy
Tree-like structure of crystals growing as material crystallizes
departer
Someone who refines metals by separation.
desiliconisation
nounMetallurgy
Alternative form of desiliconization.
dezincification
nounMetallurgy
The undesirable removal of zinc from zinc-containing alloys by a chemical reaction, as when red rot occurs in brass due to presence of acids.
downsprue
nounMetallurgy
Synonym of sprue (“a channel through which molten metal is poured into the mold during the casting process”).