Improving paint adhesion on aluminum or aluminum alloys, mainly aircraft skins, by treatment with a solution of' chromic acid. Also called chromodizing or chromatizing. Not to be confused with chromating or chromizing.

The machine by which, when dropped to the bottom, the vessel is held fast.

Inert Gas. Non reactive gas (Nitrogen, CO2) used to fill the tanks to prevent an accidental fire or explosion.

The fibrous material remaining after the extraction of juice from sugarcane; often burned by sugar mills as a source of energy.

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Facility Engineering Management Support System.

A machine having a vertically mounted warping end on which a rope may be wound under power, but not stored.

A compound of iron and carbon, known chemically as iron carbide and having the approximate chemical formula Fe3C. It is characterized by an orthorhombic crystal structure. When it occurs as a phase in steel, the chemical composition will be altered by the ...

An instrument designed to measure quantities of heat. Sometimes used in meteorology to measure solar radiation.

A river gauge in which a weight suspended on a wire is lowered to the water surface from a bridge or other overhead structure to measure the distance from a point of known elevation to the water surface.

Steam generating units used aboard ship to provide steam for propulsion (and) for heating and other auxiliary purposes.

Moves anchors and tow drilling vessels, lighters and similar.

Occurs in the base metal adjacent to weldments due to high through-thickness strains introduced by weld metal shrinkage in highly restrained joints. Tearing occurs by decohesion and linking along the working direction of the base metal; cracks usually run ...

International Federation of Ship Master's Association. Organization grouping all the national Master's association formed in 1974. Established in London. Over 8.000 shipmaster's from more than 40 countries are affiliated to IFSMA. Was granted Consultative ...

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Auxiliary engine

The record of a barograph.

An instrument for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere. The two principle types are aneroid and mercurial.

A generator producing alternating current by the rotation of its rotor, and which is powered by a primary mover.