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A & P :
Annealed and Pickled.
ACID BRITTLENESS :
Brittleness caused by pickling in dilute acid to remove scale.
ACID STEEL :
Steel melted in a furnace having an acid bottom and lining and under a slag with acid reaction.
ACTUAL SIZE :
The real measurement for either the Inside Diameter or the Outside Diameter of the pipe.
AGING :
The process or sometimes the effects of allowing metal to remain at ordinary temperatures or in heat treatment at temperatures above normal to hasten changes that take place in normal aging.
ALLOY ELEMENTS :
Elements added to improve or change properties of the metal.
ANNEALING :
A heating and cooling operation, usually slow cooling, performed on steels in the solid state.
Annealing is a comprehensive term, the purpose of which maybe:
(1) To remove stresses.
(2) To induce softness.
(3) To alter ductility, toughness, electrical, magnetic or other physical properties.
(4) To refine the crystalline structure
(5) To remove gases.
(6) To produce a definite microstructure.
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