the alloying elements
101Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica — Not to be confused with Metallurgy in pre Columbian America. The emergence of metallurgy in pre Columbian Mesoamerica occurred relatively late in the region s history, with distinctive works of metal apparent in West Mexico by roughly AD 800, and …
102alloy steel — noun steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon • Hypernyms: ↑steel • Hyponyms: ↑stainless steel, ↑stainless, ↑chromium steel, ↑chrome nickel steel, ↑Elinvar, ↑ …
103Crankshaft — For other uses, see Crankshaft (disambiguation). Crankshaft (red), pistons (gray) in their cylinders (blue), and flywheel (black) The crankshaft, sometimes casually abbreviated to crank, is the part of an engine which translates reciprocating… …
104Dislocation — For the syntactic operation, see Dislocation (syntax). For the medical term, see Joint dislocation. In materials science, a dislocation is a crystallographic defect, or irregularity, within a crystal structure. The presence of dislocations… …
105Anodizing — Anodizing, or anodising, is an electrolytic passivation process used to increase the thickness of the natural oxide layer on the surface of metal parts. Anodizing increases corrosion resistance and wear resistance, and provides better adhesion… …
106Shotgun shell — A 12 gauge shotgun shell in a transparent plastic hull, allowing the contents to be seen. From left to right: gunpowder, over powder wad, shot wad, #8 birdshot, and over shot wad A shotgun shell (shotshell) is a self contained cartridge loaded… …
107Hypereutectic piston — “Hypereutectic” means over eutectic. The word eutectic refers to a condition in chemistry when two elements can be alloyed together on a molecular level, but only up to a specific percentage, at which point any additional secondary element will… …
108Spyderco — Infobox Company company name = Spyderco Knives, Inc. company company type = Proprietorship foundation = Golden, Colorado (1978) location = Golden, Colorado key people = Sal Glesser, Founder President industry = Manufacturing products = Knives… …
109Oxy-fuel welding and cutting — Oxyacetylene redirects here. For the song, see Cubanate. Side of metal, cut by oxygen propane cutting torch …
110Beryllium copper — (BeCu), also known as copper beryllium, beryllium bronze and spring copper, is a copper alloy with 0.5 3% beryllium and sometimes with other alloying elements. Beryllium copper combines high strength with non magnetic and non sparking qualities.… …
