Aging induced by rapid cooling after solution heat treatment.

The difference between the actual electrode potential when appreciable electrolysis begins and the reversible electrode potential.

See chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition and sputtering.

Numerous, very fine cracks in a coating or at the surface of a metal part. Checks may appear during processing or during service and are most often associated with thermal treatment or thermal cycling. Also called check marks. checking, or heat checks.

The ability of a solution to give satisfactory plating at very low current densities. a condition that exists in recesses and pits. This term suggests an ability to cover, but not necessarily to build up, a uniform coating, whereas throwing power suggests ...

A network of checks or cracks appearing on the surface.

A stress that causes an elastic body to deform (shorten) in the direction of the applied load. Contrast with tensile stress.

The selective attack of one or more components of a solid solution alloy; eg. dezincification, dealumination etc. See dealloying.

Loss of carbon from the surface layer of a carbon-containing alloy due to reaction with one or more chemical substances in a medium that contacts the surface. See also dealloying.

The maximum cyclic stress value that a metal can with stand for a specified number of cycles or length of time in a given corrosive environment. See corrosion fatigue strength

Removing the thick layer of oxides formed on some metals at elevated temperatures.

A cell in which chemical change is the source of electrical energy. It usually consists of two dissimilar conductors in contact with each other and with an electrolyte. or of two similar conductors in contact with each other and with dissimilar electrolyt ...

(1) In heat treatment, to reheat hardened steel or hardened cast iron to some temperature below the eutectoid temperature for the purpose of decreasing hardness and increasing toughness. The process is also sometimes applied to normalized steel. (2) In to ...

The phenomenon leading to fracture under repeated or fluctuating stresses having a maximum value less than the tensile strength of the material. Fatigue fractures are progressive and grow under the action of the fluctuating stress.

Direct current supplied by a device employing a power source external to the electrode system of a cathodic protection installation.

The potential of an electrode measured with respect to a reference electrode or another electrode when no current flows to or from it.

An imprecise term used to denote a treatment given cold-worked material to reduce its strength to a controlled level or to effect stress relief. To be meaningful, the type of material, the degree of cold work, and the time-temperature schedule must be sta ...

A change in any part of the corrosion system caused by corrosion.

Progressive loss of original material from a solid surface due to continuing exposure to cavitation.

(1) A type of corrosion attack (deterioration) uniformly distributed over metal surface. (2) Corrosion that proceeds at approximately the same rate over a metal surface. Also called general corrosion.