THERMAL FATIGUE. Fracture resulting from the presence of temperature gradients that vary with time in such a manner as to produce cyclic stresses in a structure.
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TRANSGRANULAR FRACTURE. Fracture through or across the crystals or grains of a metal. Also called transcrystalline fracture or intracrystalline fracture.
VACUUM DEPOSITION. Condensation of thin metal coatings on the cool surface of work in a vacuum.
TEMPER COLOR. A thin, tightly adhering oxide skin that forms when steel is tempered at a low temperature, or for a short time, […]
ACICULAR FERRITE. A highly substructed nonequaixed ferrite formed upon continuous cooling by a mixed diffusion and shear mode of transformation that begins at […]