Accurate (english) Conforms to a standard or tolerance.
Acid Brittleness (Pickling Brittleness) (english) Brittleness resulting from pickling steel in acid; hydrogen, formed by the interaction between iron and acid, is partially absorbed by the metal, causing acid brittleness.
Acid Process 1 (english) A process of making steel, either Bessemer, open-hearth or electric, in which the furnace is lined with a siliceous refractory and for which low phosphorus pig iron is required as this element is not removed.
Acid-Brittleness (english) Brittleness resulting from pickling steel in acid; hydrogen, formed by the interaction between iron and acid, is partially absorbed by the metal, causing acid brittleness.
Acid-Process (english) A process of making steel, either Bessemer, open-hearth or electric, in which the furnace is lined with a siliceous refractory and for which low phosphorus pig iron is required as this element is not removed.
Acme Thread (english) A screw thread having a 29 degree included angel. Used largely for feed and adjusting screws on machine tools.
Actual Weight (english) The customer buys by the actual (scale) weight of the steel. The theoretical weight is used in estimating, however, it is not to be used for billing.
ACTUATOR (english) A device for converting hydraulic energy into mechanical energy, i.e., a motor or cylinder.
Adeline Steelmaking Process (english) Method of producing a precision casting of steel or steel alloys using aluminolthermic process and lost wax, followed by centrifugal action.
Aecm, Ae1, and Ae3 (english) Equilibrium transformation temperatures in steel.
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