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associatedwiththeseatoms.Inamorepracticalway,however,ametalcanbedefinedasanelementwhichhasaparticularpackageofproperties.
Metalsarecrystallineadj.晶体的
wheninthesolidstateand,withfewexceptions极少例外
(e.g.mercury),aresolidatambient周围环境的
temperatures.Theyaregoodconductorsofheatandelectricityandareopaque不透明的
tolight.Theyusuallyhaveacomparativelyhighdensity.Manymetalsareductile柔软的;
易延展的
-thatis,theirshapecanbechangedpermanently永久地,长期不变地
bytheapplicationofaforcewithoutbreaking.Theforcesrequiredtocausethisdeformationandthoserequiredtobreakorfractureametalarecomparativelyhigh,although,thefractureforcesisnotnearly=farfrom,muchlessthan
ashighaswouldbeexpectedfromsimpleconsiderationoftheforcesrequiredtotearaparttheatomsofthemetal.
Oneofthemoresignificantofthesecharacteristicsfromourpointofviewisthatofcrystallinitycrystallinity[,kristə'
linəti]
.Acrystallinesolidisoneinwhichtheconstituentatomsarelocatedinaregularthree-dimensionalarrayasiftheywerelocatedatthecornersofthesquaresofathree-dimensionalchessboardn.棋盘
.Thespacingoftheatomsinthearrayisofthesameorderasthesizeoftheatoms,theactualspacingbeingacharacteristicoftheparticularmetal.Thedirectionsoftheaxesofthearraydefinetheorientationofthecrystalinspace.Themetalscommonlyusedinengineeringpracticearecomposedofalargenumberofsuchcrystals,calledgrains晶粒
.Inthemostgeneralcase一般情况下
thecrystalsofthevariousgrainsarerandomlyorientedinspace.Thegrainsareeverywhereinintimatecontactwithoneanotherandjoinedtogetheronanatomicscale.Theregionatwhichtheyjoinisknownasagrainboundary.
Anabsolutelypuremetal(i.e.也就是
onecomposedofonlyonetypeofatom)hasneverbeenproduced.Engineerswouldnotbeparticularlyinterestedinsuchametalevenifitweretobeproduced,becauseitwouldbesoftandweak.Themetalsusedcommerciallyinevitably不可避免地
containsmallamountsofoneormoreforeignelements,eithermetallicmetallic[mi'
tæ
lik,me-]adj.金属的,含金属的
ornonmetallic.Theseforeignelementsmaybedetrimental有害的
theymaybebeneficial,ortheymayhavenoinfluenceatallonaparticularproperty.Ifdisadvantageous,theforeignelementstendtobeknownasimpurities杂质
.Ifadvantageous,theytendtobeknownasalloyingelements合金元素
.Alloyingelementsarecommonlyaddeddeliberately故意地,蓄意地
insubstantialadj.大量的;
实质的;
内容充实的substantialevidence:
实(质)体证据|实质性证据|实质证据substantialorder:
大宗订单|大订单
amountsinengineeringmaterials.Theresultisknownasanalloy.
Thedistinctionbetweenthedescriptors“metal”and“alloy”isnotclear-cut.Theterm“metal”maybeusedtoencompassbothacommerciallypuremetalanditsalloys.Perhapsitcanbesaidthatthemoredeliberatelyanalloyingadditionhasbeenmadeandthelargertheamountoftheaddition,themorelikelyitisthattheproductwillspecificallybecalledanalloy.Inanyevent无论如何,不管怎样
thechemicalcompositionofametaloranalloymustbeknownandcontrolledwithincertainlimitsifconsistent一致的
performanceistobeachievedinservice.Thuschemicalcompositionhastobetakenintoaccountwhendevelopinganunderstandingofthefactorswhichdeterminethepropertiesofmetalsandtheiralloys.
Ofthe50orsometallicelements,onlyafewareproducedandusedinlargequantitiesinengineeringpractice.Themostimportantbyfarisiron铁
onwhicharebasedtheubiquitous普遍的,无处不在的
steelsandcastirons(basicallyalloysofironandcarbon).Theyaccountforabout98%byweightofallmetalsproduced.Nextinimportanceforstructuraluses(thatis,forstructuresthatareexpectedtocarryloads)arealuminum铝
copper,nickel,andtitanium[tai'
teiniəm,ti-]n.[化]钛(金属元素)
.Aluminumaccountsforabout0.8%byweightofallmetalsproduced,andcopperabout0.7%,leavingonly0.5%forallothermetals.Asmightbeexpected,theremaindersareallusedinrather相当
specialapplications.Forexample,nickelalloysareusedprincipally主要地
incorrosion-andheat-resistantapplications,whiletitaniumisusedextensively广泛地
intheaerospaceindustrybecauseitsalloyshavegoodcombinationsofhighstrengthandlowdensity.Bothnickelandtitaniumareusedinhigh-cost,high-qualityapplications,and,indeed,itistheirhighcostthatten