See biological corrosion.

Hardening caused by the precipitation of a constituent from a supersaturated solid solution. See also age hardening and aging.

An obsolete term describing oil or grease coatings used to provide temporary protection against atmospheric corrosion.

A coating process whereby the cleaned and masked component to be coated is heated and rotated on a spindle above the streaming vapor generated by melting and evaporating a coating material source bar with a focused electron beam in an evacuated chamber.

The time rate of straining for the usual tensile test. Strain as measured directly on the specimen gage length is used for determining strain rate. Because strain is dimensionless, the units of strain rate are reciprocal time.

A coating process whereby thermally emitted electrons collide with inert gas atoms, which accelerate toward and impact a negatively charged electrode that is a target of the coating material. The impacting ions dislodge atoms of the target material, which ...

A solution or process used to loosen or remove corrosion products such as scale or tarnish.

(1) The change from the open-circuit electrode potential as the result of the passage of current. (2) A change in the potential of an electrode during electrolysis, such that the potential of an anode becomes more noble, and that of a cathode more active, ...

See corrosion potential and open-circuit potential.

Fracture through or across the crystals or grains of a metal. Also called transcrystalline fracture or intracrystalline fracture. Contrast with intergranular fracture.

Any of various functions from which intensity or velocity at any point in a field may be calculated. The driving influence of an electrochemical reaction. See also active potential, chemical potential, corrosion potential, critical pitting potential, deco ...

The stress required to produce fracture in the plane of cross section, the conditions of loading being such that the directions of force and of resistance are parallel and opposite although their paths are offset a specified minimum amount. The maximum lo ...

An accelerated corrosion of' metal surfaces that results from the combined elTect of oxidation and reactions with sulfur compounds and other contaminunts, such us chlorides, to form a molten salt on a metal iurfuce that f1uxes, destroys, or disrupts the n ...

A loss ofstrength and ductility of .steel by high-temperature reaction of absorhcd hydrogen with carbides in the steel resulting in dec arbwri:.alien and internal fissuring.

Having an amenity for oil. See also hydrophilic and hydrophobic.

The threshold value of the corrosion potential that has to be reached to enter a protective potential range. The term used in cathodic protection to refer to the minimum potential required to supress corrosion.

Artificial aging in which a constituent precipitated from a supersaturated solid solution.

Pertains to the machining characteristics of an alloy to which one or more ingredients have been introduced to give small broken chips, lower power consumption, better surface finish, and longer tool life; among such additions are sulfur or lead to steel, ...

Resin formed by the reaction of bisphenol and epichlorohydrin.

Same as intergranular corrosion. See also interdendritic corrosion.