ductile metal
1Metal spinning — A brass vase spun by hand. Mounted to the lathe spindle is the mandrel for the body of the vase a shell sits on the T rest. The foreground shows the mandrel for the base. Behind the finished vase are the spinning tools used to shape the metal.… …
2ductile — Denoting the property of a material that allows it to be bent, drawn out (as a wire), or otherwise deformed without breaking. [L. ductilis, capable of being led or drawn] * * * duc·tile dək təl, .tīl adj capable of being drawn out or hammered… …
3Ductile iron pipe — is a pipe commonly used for potable water distribution.[1] The predominant wall material is ductile iron, a spheroidized graphite cast iron, although an internal cement mortar lining usually serves to inhibit corrosion from the fluid being… …
4ductile — [ dyktil ] adj. • XVe; h. 1282; lat. ductilis, de ducere « conduire, tirer » ♦ Didact. Qui peut être allongé, étendu, étiré sans se rompre. Métaux malléables et ductiles. « on file les métaux ductiles » (Voltaire). ● ductile adjectif (bas latin… …
5métal — métal, aux [ metal, o ] n. m. • déb. XIIe; lat. metallum « métal, mine » 1 ♦ Corps simple, doué d un éclat particulier (éclat métallique), bon conducteur de la chaleur et de l électricité et formant, par combinaison avec l oxygène, des oxydes… …
6ductile — DUCTILE. adj. de tout genre. Qui se peut estendre avec le marteau. Il ne se dit guere que des metaux. L or est un metal ductile …
7metal — ► NOUN 1) a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity, e.g. iron, copper, and gold. 2) (also road metal) broken stone used in road making. ORIGIN Greek metallon… …
8ductile — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a metal) able to be drawn out into a thin wire. 2) able to be deformed without losing toughness. DERIVATIVES ductility noun …
9ductile — Metal which can be bent, hammered, or drawn out into wire or sheet without fracturing …
10Ductile iron — Iron alloy phases Ferrite (α iron, δ iron) Austenite (γ iron) Pearlite (88% ferrite, 12% cementite) …