Posted inMaterial Science Cleavage Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Cleavage, tendency of a crystalline substance to split into fragments bounded by plane surfaces. Although cleavage surfaces…
Posted inMaterial Science Intelligent design Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Intelligent design (ID), argument intended to demonstrate that living organisms were created in more or…
Posted inMaterial Science Intermetallic compound Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Intermetallic compound, any of a class of substances composed of definite proportions of two or…
Posted inMaterial Science Silicon carbide Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Silicon carbide, exceedingly hard, synthetically produced crystalline compound of silicon and carbon. Its chemical formula is SiC. Since the late…
Posted inMaterial Science Ductility Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Ductility, Capacity of a material to deform permanently (e.g., stretch, bend, or spread) in response…
Posted inMaterial Science Phosphorus Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Phosphorus (P), nonmetallic chemical element of the nitrogen family (Group 15 [Va] of the periodic table) that at room temperature…
Posted inMaterial Science Silicon Posted by admin November 29, 2021 (Group 14 [IVa] of the periodic table). Silicon makes up 27.7 percent of Earth’s crust; it…
Posted inMaterial Science The Metal Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Hot metal (blast-furnace iron) Most blast furnaces are linked to a basic oxygen steel plant, for which the…
Posted inMaterial Science Cast iron Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Cast iron, an alloy of iron that contains 2 to 4 percent carbon, along with varying amounts of silicon and manganese and…
Posted inMaterial Science Coal gasification Posted by admin November 29, 2021 Coal gasification, any process of converting coal into gas for use in illuminating and heating. The first illuminating gas…