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Alloy

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A material dissolved in another metal in a solid solution

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Atom

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Building block of all substances

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Compound

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A material composed of two or more chemically joined elements

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Electron

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Negatively charged particle

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Molecule

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a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.

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Element

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A simple, pure substance made up of one kind of material

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Mixture

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A material composed of two or more elements or compounds mixed together but not chemically joined

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Neutron

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a subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric charge, present in all atomic nuclei except those of ordinary hydrogen.

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Nucleus

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the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.

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Proton

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a stable subatomic particle occurring in all atomic nuclei, with a positive electric charge equal in magnitude to that of an electron, but of opposite sign.

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Solid Solution

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A solution in both solvent and solute are solid at room temperature

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Solution

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A special type of mixture in which one substance is thoroughly dissolved in the other

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Brinell Hardness

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A common testing method using a ball penetrator in which the diameter of the indentation is converted to units of Brinnell Hardness Number. Accurate for soft metals

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File Hardness

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A very simple and fast hardness test in which a material is struck or scraped by the edge of a sharp file to see if the file will scratch the surface.

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Knoop Hardness

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A common microhardness testing method that uses an elongated pyramid penetrator and provides Knoop hardness values for the tested material

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Mohs Scale

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A relatively inaccurate hardness testing scale in which the testing specimen is scratched by any of 10 different types of material

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Rockwell Hardness

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Most commonly used hardness testing method uses a minor load to prevent surface irregularities from affecting results.

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Rockwell Superficial

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A common hardness testing method that produces a relatively small indentation on the sample being tested.

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Shore Scleroscope

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A hardness testing method in which a small hammer or weight is dropped onto a test sample and the height of its bounce is measured.

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Hardness

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A measure of resistance to deformation or penetration

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Strength

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Ability of a metal to resist forces or loads

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Brittleness

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Tendency to stretch or deform very little before fracture

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Ductility

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Tendency to stretch or deform appreciably before fracture

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Stress

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The force per unit area imparted to a material.

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Tensile Strength
A materials ability to withstand stress in tension or pulling apart.
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Compressive Strength
A materials ability to withstand a pressing or squeezing together type of stress
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Shear Strength
A materials ability to resist a sliding past type of stress
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Torsional Strenght
A materials ability to resist shear stress in rotation
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Flexural Strength
Bending strength generally causing tensile stress on one side of the material and compressive stress on the other
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Fatigue Strength
Ability of a material to withstand repeated loading
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Toughness
Ability of a material to resist shock or impact loads
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Strain
The ratio of the change in length of a material to its original length
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Flexibility
The ability of a material to bend stretch or distort without breaking
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Elasticity
The ability of a material to return to it's original length after being deformed without any permanent deformation
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Plasticity
The ability of a material to permanently deform without breaking
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Malleabillity
The ability of a material to be permanently changed to a new useful shape after being hammered forged pressed or rolled
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Creep
Slow plastic flow that occurs over time in a material when it is stressed
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Proportional Limit
stress which will. produce a small amount of permanent deformation, generally equal to a strain of 0.002 or 0.2%.
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Elastic Limit
The maximum stress that can be applied to a metal without producing permanent deformation.
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Yield Point
the stress beyond which a material becomes plastic.
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Ultimate Strenght
is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before failing or breaking.
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Rupture Strenght
a material's ability to resist deformation under load.
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Wrought Iron
A material composed of almost entirely iron with very little or no carbon
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Steel
A material composed primarily of iron less that 2% carbon and small percentages of other alloying elements
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Low Carbon Steel
A type of steel that contains between .05%-.35% carbon
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High Carbon Steel
Steel that contains between .5%-2% carbon
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Alloy Steel
A steel that contains more than the average amount of alloying elements which improve the properties of the steel
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Low Alloy Steel
Steel with a lower alloy content than other types of alloy steel.
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Maraging Steel
A special type of alloy 'steel containing a high quantity of nickel and a low percentage of carbon
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Tool Steel
A classification of high-alloy steel used for applications requiring special properties including high strength hardness shock resistance or high temperature capabilities
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Stainless Steel
A classification of alloy steel that has high quantities of chromium and often nickel. It has outstanding corrosion resistance
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Spring Steel
A classification of alloy steel that has unusually high elasticity and strength
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Cast Iron
A material containing primarily iron, 2-6% carbon and often small amounts of silicon and other elements
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White Cast Iron
A very hard, brittle type of cast iron that can be used to produce malleable cast iron
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Gray Cast Iron
The most widely type of cast iron
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Mallable Cast Iron
A type of cast iron that has higher ductility and tensile strentgh than gray or cast iron
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Ductile Cast Iron
A type of cast iron that has higher ductility and tensile strength than gray or white cast iron
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Basic Oxygen Furnace
A basic steel making furnace that uses an oxygen blast at supersonic speeds to intensify heat
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Bessemer Furnace
One of the basic steel making furnaces. This process uses a furnace in which molten pig iron is refined by a burning gas
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Blast Furnace
Large furnace used to convert iron ore into pig iron
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Cast Iron
A material containing primarily iron 2-6% carbon and small amounts of silicon and other elements
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Cupola
A furnace commonly used in the manufacture of cast iron
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Electric Arc Furnace
a furnace that uses an electric arc as a heat source, especially for steelmaking.
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Electric Induction Furnace
A furnace used in the manufacture of cast iron. It uses electricity for power
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Iron Ore
A mineral that has a high iron content used a s a basic ingredient in the manufacture of iron and steel
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Limestone
A mineral mined from the ground used to remove impurities in the manufacture of iron and steel
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Open-Hearth Furnace
A basic steel making furnace consisting of a giant hearth exposed to a powerful gas flame.
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Coke
Purified coal used in the manufacture of iron and steel
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Pig Iron
Semi-refined molten iron produced by the blast furnace
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Slag
A product of the iron and steel making furnaces
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Steel
A material composed primarily of iron less than 2% carbon, and small percentages of other alloying elements
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Body-Centered Cubic
One of the common types of unit cells. This arrangement is typical of the ferritic form of iron
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Face-Centered Cubic
Unit cells in which atoms are located on eadch corner and the center of each face of a cube
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Body-Centered Tetragonal
This arrangement is typical of the martensitic form of iron
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Close-Packed Hexagonal
Iron does not take this crystalline form
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Space Lattice
The organized arrangement of atoms in a crystal
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Unit Cell
The most fundamental arrangement of atoms in a space lattice
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Austenite
One of the basic steel structures wherein carbon is dissolved in iron. It occurs at elevated temperature
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Cementite
Very hard structural form of low temperature steel that contains more that .8% carbon
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Ferrite
a form of pure iron with a body-centered cubic crystal structure, occurring in low-carbon steel.
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Pearlite
A structural form of low-temperature steel that contains a very small percentage of carbon
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Eutectic
The minimum temperature at which a liquid alloy transforms into two or more separate solid phase structures
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Eutectoid
On an iron carvon phase diagram the point where the upper transformation temperature line, the lower transformation temperature line and the .8% carbon line intersect.
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Solidus
a curve in a graph of the temperature and composition of a mixture, below which the substance is entirely solid.
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Liquidus
a curve in a graph of the temperature and composition of a mixture, above which the substance is entirely liquid.
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Upper Transformation Temperature
Temperature at which the transformation of ferrite pearlite and cementite to austenite is complete and the body centered cubic structure has completely changed to face-centered cubic
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Martensite
A very hared strong brittle structure of steel produced when steel is rapidly quenched after having been transformed into austenite
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Hypereutectiod
on an iron-carbon phase diagram, the region representing steel that contains less than .8% carbon
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Hypoeutectoid
ON an iron-carbon phase diagram the region representing steel that contains less than .8% carbon

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