- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
An alloy of iron, chromium, and nickel that is resistant to rust and corrosion. Stainless steel is more correctly called corrosion-resistant steel.
Neither the 200 series nor the 300 series of stainless steel can be hardened by heat treatment, and the steel in both of these series is nonmagnetic. The 400 series of stainless steel which can be hardened by heat treatment and is magnetic is used for knife blades and razor blades.
Industry:Aviation
An alloy of low-carbon steel that contains up to about 5% silicon. Electrical steel in the form of thin laminations is used for the cores of transformers and armatures of electrical motors and generators.
Industry:Aviation
An alloy of nickel and chromium. Chromel is highly resistant to oxidation and has a high electrical resistance. It is one of the metals used in a thermocouple to measure the exhaust gas temperature in both reciprocating and gas turbine engines.
Industry:Aviation
An alloy of nickel, aluminum, manganese, and silicon that is the negative element in a thermocouple used to measure exhaust gas temperature.
Industry:Aviation
An alloy of nickel, copper, and aluminum. K-monel is nonmagnetic, heat-treatable, corrosion resistant, and has high strength.
Industry:Aviation
An alloy of steel used for making many of the fittings and fasteners used in aircraft structure. Chrome nickel steels are the SAE 3xxx series.
Industry:Aviation
An alloy of tin and lead that melts at a temperature of less than 800°F (427°C). This temperature is much lower than the melting temperature of the metal on which the solder is used. Soft solder is normally available in the form of a hollow wire filled with a resin flux. Soft solder is melted with a hot soldering copper, called a soldering iron, and the liquid solder wets the surface on which it is melted. When the soldering iron is removed, the solder solidifies and forms a bond between the pieces of metal that have been wetted.
Soft solder does not form a physically strong bond, but is used on sheet metal, over a locked seam to make the joint liquid-proof, or on wires after they have been twisted together to make a connection having a low electrical resistance.
Industry:Aviation
An alloy or solution whose composition gives it the lowest possible melting point. Solder, for example, is an alloy of lead and tin. Lead has a melting point of 327°C, and tin melts at 232°C. When tin and lead are combined in an alloy of 63 parts of tin and 37 parts lead, the alloy is eutectic, and it melts at a temperature of 188°C.
Industry:Aviation
An alloy steel that contains between 0.5% and 4.5% silicon. Silicon steel in sheet form is used for laminations to make up the core of electrical transformers.
Industry:Aviation
An alteration or change made to the basic design of a product or component. If the basic design of an airplane calls for the installation of a particular engine, the change of the design so another engine can be installed is a modification of the original design.
Industry:Aviation
