Glossary |
Boiler and boiler tube industry terms and their definitions.
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| Tapping | The act of pouring molten metal form a furnace into a ladle. |
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| Teeming | Act of pouring molten metal from a ladle into an ingot mold. |
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| Tempering | See heat treatment. |
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| Tensile Strength | The maximum load per square inch of original cross-sectional area carried during a tension test to failure of the specimen. This test is preferred over the formerly-used ultimate strength. |
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| Thermal Conductivity | A measure of the ease with which heat is transmitted through a material. |
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| Tolerance | Permissible variation. |
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| Torsion | A twisting action resulting in shear stresses and strains. |
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| Toughness | A measure of ability to absorb energy and deform plastically before fracturing. |
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| Transformation Temperature | The temperature at which a change in phase occurs in steels. The term is sometimes used to denote the limiting temperature of a transformation range. |
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| Transverse Tension Test | A tension test for evaluating mechanical properties of a material in a direction transverse to that of rolling. |
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| Turning | A method for removing the surface from a work piece by bringing the cutting edge of a tool against it while the piece or tool is rotated. |
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