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BEILBY LAYER [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

A layer of metal disturbed by mechanical working, wear, or mechanical polishing presumed to be without regular crystalline structure (amorphous); originally applied to grain boundaries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
DEF

Couche très superficielle de métal écroui produite par le polissage mécanique des matériaux métalliques; elle est mise à profit dans l'industrie mécanique lors des opérations de finissage (brillantage mécanique); elle est par contre à éviter lors d'un examen métallographique.

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