This document provides definitions and explanations for various technical terms related to materials science, physics, engineering, and project management. It lists over 125 terms and their descriptions covering topics such as crystal structures, defects, metals, polymers, radiation, quantum mechanics, and project execution. The terms range from specific materials like aluminum and silicon to physics concepts like spin, energy levels, and isotopes to engineering areas like hazardous locations and cable ratings.
This document provides definitions and explanations for various technical terms related to materials science, physics, engineering, and project management. It lists over 125 terms and their descriptions covering topics such as crystal structures, defects, metals, polymers, radiation, quantum mechanics, and project execution. The terms range from specific materials like aluminum and silicon to physics concepts like spin, energy levels, and isotopes to engineering areas like hazardous locations and cable ratings.
This document provides definitions and explanations for various technical terms related to materials science, physics, engineering, and project management. It lists over 125 terms and their descriptions covering topics such as crystal structures, defects, metals, polymers, radiation, quantum mechanics, and project execution. The terms range from specific materials like aluminum and silicon to physics concepts like spin, energy levels, and isotopes to engineering areas like hazardous locations and cable ratings.
40. Brittle – less than 5% elongation 1. Projectitis – inappropriate loyalty 41. Ductile fracture – slow crack propagation 2. 106o – degree of bond of water 42. Brittle fracture – rapid crack propagation 3. 90o – octahedral bonding angle 43. Converging lens – presbyopia 4. Alpha and delta iron – BCC 44. Astigmatism – inability to focus horizontally or 5. Gamma iron – FCC vertically 6. 2 to 2.6% - carbon in malleable cast iron 45. Benchmark job technique – repeated 7. Slip or burger’s vector – mixed dislocation 46. Parametric technique – cause and effect 8. Majorana effect – 47. 12 – bulk coordinate number of crystal 9. Dember effect – illumination of one side of the 48. Metallic glass – amorphous metal surface of a conductor produces voltage 49. Material engineering – 10. Aging – tempering of aluminum 50. Thermoplastic ? – soft at modest temperature 11. 1,2,3 – number of reactions of roller, hinge, fixed 51. Steatite capacitor – low tension, high 12. 20,000 to 30,000 – wiedemann-franz ratio in frequencies microvolts per Kelvin 52. Schottky imperfection – point defect 13. 647 K – critical temperature 53. Frenkel defect – vacancy because of cation and 14. 22.046 Mpa – critical pressure anion 15. 1 to 7 – principal quantum number 54. Vacancy defect – missing atom or ion.. vacancy 16. Alkydes – thermosetting, good insulator… low water 55. Intersitial defect – interstitial… absorption 56. Dislocation – topological defect 17. 0.03% - carbon dioxide in air 57. Larson miller – linear coefficient of expansion 18. 0.93% - argon in air over specific heat is constant 19. 20.93% - oxygen in air 58. Corbino effect – a disc subject to a 20. Iron – nitrogen dioxide is not found in blast furnace perpendicular magnetic field produces current 21. Tungsten – silvery white along the circumference 22. Dry copper concentrate – smelting… 59. Procurement manager – R___ letter response 23. Selective leaching – removing of a metal from an 60. Executing – most time consuming and alloy using corrosion expensive 24. Isotonic – same osmotic pressure 61. Project charter – document formally 25. Blue – highest energy recognizing the existence of a project 26. Twisted #17 AWG – underground conduit 62. Precedence diagram method – uses nodes and 27. 27.5 m – junction boxes distance squares and arrows to show dependencies 28. 30.5 m – aerial entrance 63. Silicon – mixed with steel to increase corrosion 29. Floor terminal – terminates, floor resistance.. and machinability 30. 333.55 – enthalpy of fusion of water 64. Cobalt – added to steel at elevated 31. 101 mm – inner radius of sleeves temperature 32. Sleeve – circular 65. Bent rule – s tends to direct toward the positive 33. Slot – rectangular groups, p to negative 34. 100 nm – nanomaterials is less than 66. 800 to 900 C – malleable cast iron 35. 100 nm – non-crystalline metal is less than 67. 68oF – most strength of materials is measured 36. Blend – mixture of 2 or more polymer at 37. Hubble’s law – velocity to distance ratio of galaxies is 68. 250oF – music wire constant 69. Uranium – heaviest 38. Abbe number – 70. Fluorine – most oxidizing 71. Magnesium – most reducing? 107. Indium antimonide – highest energy 72. Acetal – burn, but self extinguishing gap 73. False – fluoro carbon is self extinguishing 108. Dilute – lead will not react with ___ 74. Class III – combustible fiber acid 75. Class I – flammable gases or vapors 109. 10 times – ph2 is ___ more acidic than 76. NaCl – most common ionic ph3 77. 3,2 – hazardous location has __ class and __ 110. Hybridization – 4 carbon bonds division 111. Methane – component of natural gas 78. Sacred cow – champion! 112. Alkenes – 2 carbon bonds 79. Dummy activity – no cost 113. But – 4 carbons 80. Delphi technique – predicting future outcome 114. Methane – when burned will produce 81. Priority matrix – before the start carbon dioxide and water 82. Crash time – fastest time to complete project 115. Diamond – carbon allotrope with high 83. Kick off meeting – first meeting thermal conductivity 84. Ceramic – engineering materials.. metallic, 116. +/- ½ - spin polymers and 117. Lbf-s2/ft – slug 85. Sqrt(1-B2)- relativistic factor 118. Gravitational redshift – 86. Lag – time of delay at start or end 119. isomers – same chemical formula, 87. Forward pass – early start or finish different structures 88. Aluminum – most reactive 120. cobalt – most likely to produce positive 89. Platinum – hold on to electron ions 90. Mass number of isotopes – always whole 121. beryllium copper – integer 122. 533MeV – energy gap diamond 91. D block – groups 3 to 12 123. 938MeV – proton 92. S block – alkali, alkaline earth, hydrogen and 124. 200MeV – fission helium 125. Infrared – sun radiation is mostly 93. F block – groups 13 to 18 126. 300 V – cable is considered bare 94. Transition elements – d block sheathed more than ___ 95. Inner transition elements – f block 127. 300 mm, 100mm – terminal box? 96. Silicon – most rocks in earth is made up of 128. oxygen and 97. Igneous rock – most common rock in earth’s surface 98. Fermions – half integer spin 99. Photons, kaons, pions – bose of bosons 100. Lambda particle – first elementary particle discovered which has a higher mass than proton 101. Group 1 – decreasing density as you go down 102. 1 – spin of pions 103. Ground state – lowest energy level 104. 4 – quantum numbers 105. Glycol – 2 hydroxyl 106. Ether – dehydrated ethanol
(Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology) Robert Allen Meyers (Editor) - Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology - Quantum Physics-Elsevier (2001) PDF