austenitic steel
41Heat treatment — is a method used to alter the physical, and sometimes chemical, properties of a material. The most common application is metallurgical. Heat treatments are also used in the manufacture of many other materials, such as glass. Heat treatment… …
42Shape-memory alloy — A shape memory alloy (SMA, smart metal, memory metal, memory alloy, muscle wire, smart alloy) is an alloy that remembers its original, cold forged shape: returning the pre deformed shape by heating. This material is a lightweight, solid state… …
43chromium processing — Introduction preparation of the ore for use in various products. Chromium (Cr) is a brilliant, hard, refractory metal that melts at 1,857° C (3,375° F) and boils at 2,672° C (4,842° F). In the pure state, it is resistant to ordinary… …
44Nitriding — is a heat treating process that diffuses nitrogen into the surface of a metal to create a case hardened surface. It is predominantly used on steel, but also titanium, aluminum and molybdenum. Typical applications include gears, crankshafts,… …
45Austenite — (or gamma phase iron) is a metallic non magnetic solid solution of iron and an alloying element. In plain carbon steel, austenite exists above the critical eutectoid temperature of 1000 K (about 727 °C); other alloys of steel have different… …
46nickel processing — Introduction preparation of the metal for use in various products. Although it is best known for its use in coinage, nickel (Ni) has become much more important for its many industrial applications, which owe their importance to a… …
47Shape memory alloy — A shape memory alloy (SMA, also known as a smart alloy, memory metal, or muscle wire) is an alloy that remembers its shape, and can be returned to that shape after being deformed, by applying heat to the alloy. When the shape memory effect is… …
48AL-6XN — The AL 6XN alloy is a superaustenitic stainless steel which was developed by [http://www.alleghenyludlum.com/ Allegheny Ludlum Corporation] . It exhibits far greater resistance to chloride pitting, crevice corrosion and stress corrosion cracking… …
49Stress corrosion cracking — (SCC) is the unexpected sudden failure of normally ductile metals or tough thermoplastics subjected to a tensile stress in a corrosive environment, especially at elevated temperature (in the case of metals). SCC is highly chemically specific in… …
50Michael Streicher — Michael A. Streicher (September 6, 1921 February 14, 2006) was an American metallurgist and engineer who became internationally recognized for his work on the testing and development of corrosion resistant stainless steel alloys. He published… …
