Embrittlement under creep conditions of, for example, aluminum alloys and steels that results in abnormally low rupture ductility. In aluminum alloys, iron in amounts above the solubility limit is known to cause such embrittlement; in steels, the phenomen ...

Stands for "Immediate Exit." In the U.S., Customs IE Form is used when goods are brought into the U.S. and are to be immediately re-exported without being transported within the U.S.

An instrument for measuring the intensity of direct solar radiation at normal incidence. See Angstrom compensation pyrheliometer, Eppley pyrheliometer, Michaelson actinograph. silver- disc pyrheliometer, spectropyrheliometer, waterflow pyrheliometer.

The value of a shipment agreed upon in order to secure a specific freight rate.

Crude Oil Washing. Washing of the oil tank with jets of the same oil. This to replace washing with water which implies a risk of explosion and the problem of the disposal of cleaning water.

Said of a rope when it is under such tension that it is practically rigid.

Hydrographic Chart Raster Format

The document which lists the regulations that govern the running of a company. Articles of.

The air external to a building or device.

Pieces of soft wood, covered with canvass, placed on the trestle-trees, for the eyes of the rigging to rest upon.

A delta-neutral spread composed of more long options than short options on the same underlying.

The size of a flaw (defect) in a structure that will cause failure at a particular stress level.

The shaft speed specified for the ship's acceptance on initial delivery, or after being modified, as applicable

A condition in which the interfacial tension between a liquid and a solid is such that the contact angle is 0

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The mass density of a parcel of air expressed in units of mass per volume.

An electrode widely used as a reference electrode of known potential in electrometric measurement of acidity and alkalinity, corrosion studies, voltammetry, and measurement of the potentials of other electrodes. See also electrode potential, reference ele ...

Nickname for waves breaking into foam.

Passenger Ship.

Tropical Fresh