ALE Review - Building Technology - Metal - 01

any of a class elementary substances, such as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.

• metal

• stone

• glass

• masonry

a mass of metal cast into a convenient shape for storage or transportation before further processing.

• ingot

• blank

• bloom

• billet

a piece of metal ready to be drawn, pressed, or maintained into a finished object.

• ingot

• blank

• bloom

• billet

a bar of steel reduced from an ingot to dimensions suitable for further rolling.

• ingot

• blank

• bloom

• billet

a mill for rolling ingots into blooms

• billet

• ingot

• blank

• blooming mill

a narrow, generally square, bar of steel, forged or hot-rolled from an ingot or bloom.

• billet

• bloom

• ingot

• blank

an oxide occurring in a scaly form on the surface of metal when brought to a high temperature.

• scale

• mill scale

• bloom

• blooming mill

a loose coating of iron oxide that forms an iron or steel during hot-rolling.

• scale

• mill scale

• bloom

• blooming mill

the controlled heating and cooling of a metal to develop certain desirable physical or mechanical properties.

• heat treatment

• anneal

• quench

• temper

to remove internal stress from metal or glass by heating to a temperature below that of recrystallization and then gradually cooling in a liquid or air, esp. to make the material more ductile.

• anneal

• quench

• temper

• stress relieving