- 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 ...
The characteristic of a magnetic material that causes it to retain some magnetism after the magnetizing force is removed. In order to remove all the magnetism from a part, it must be demagnetized with a force opposite to the one that magnetized it.
Soft iron has very little hysteresis. This means that as soon as a magnetizing force is removed, iron becomes almost demagnetized. Hard steel, on the other hand, has a large amount of hysteresis, and a strong force is needed to demagnetize it.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of a material that allows it to be deformed by twisting, pulling, hammering, or bending without its breaking.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of a material that allows it to be repeatedly bent within its elastic limits and still return to its original condition each time the bending force is removed.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of a material that causes it to emit electrons when it is exposed to light.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of a material that keeps it from scratching another material when it is rubbed against it.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of an aircraft that allows it to change its flight attitude in response to the pilot’s movement of the cockpit controls.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of an aircraft that causes it to return to its original attitude after it has been disturbed from this condition.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of an aircraft that causes it to try to return to straight and level flight after it has been disturbed from this condition.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of an electrical circuit that opposes the flow of electrons. When electrons flow through a resistance, power is used, voltage is dropped, and, generally, heat is produced.
The amount of resistance in a circuit is measured in ohms, with one ohm being the amount of resistance needed to produce a one-volt drop when one amp of current flows through it.
Industry:Aviation
The characteristic of an electrical conductor that causes a counter electromotive force (CEMF, or back voltage) to be built up in it by alternating current flowing through it. The expanding and collapsing magnetic field caused by the alternating current cuts across the conductor and induces the CEMF in it. The polarity of the self-induced voltage is always opposite that of the voltage in the original circuit.
Industry:Aviation
