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Galvanic Corrosion: Overview, Types, Prevention and Example

What Is Galvanic Corrosion? Galvanic corrosion (also called ‘ dissimilar metal corrosion’ or wrongly ‘electrolysis’) …

What Is Fabrication? Fabrication is the construction of items from different parts using at least …

You’ve got a brilliant product idea that’ll take the market by storm. You’ve poured your …

The nonmetals or non-metals are a group of elements located on the right side of …

Broaching is a machining process that uses a toothed tool to remove material in a …

Jigs or fixtures? The two terms are easy to confuse. You’ll often find them paired …

Rapid prototyping is the group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a physical part or …

Hardness is a material’s quality to withstand localised deformation. It may be especially important when …

Malleability is the quality of something that can be shaped into something else without breaking, …

A hard, silvery metal with a blue tinge. Chromium is used to harden steel, to …

The ability of electrochemical processes to break compounds down into elements or to create new …

Rusting of iron is a chemical change because a new substance iron oxide is formed. …

This is a good question and a bit tricky to answer, but I’ll try my …

A sine bar, also known as a precision angle device, is a specialised precision measurement …

Chromium is a mineral. It is called an “essential trace element” because very small amounts …