Model Engineering Glossary

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T (tera)

The prefix T or tera indicates the unit should be multiplied by 10¹².

See also: Decimal Prefixes.

Table Salt

Chemical name: Sodium chloride

Chemical formula: NaCl

See also: Chemical Table, Sodium.

Taps

See also: B.A. Threads, British Standard Whitworth Threads.

Teak

A strong and durable wood that doesn't shrink much and is comparatively easy to work.

See also: Timber.

Temperature

See also: Colour Temperatures.

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Tempering

A heat treatment process where a steel that may have been heat treated to harden it is reheated to modify it's structure.

See also: Colour Temperatures, Hardening.

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Therm

This is the unit of energy used by the gas industry and 1 therm is equivalent to 100000Btu = 105.5MJ

See also: Heat.

Threads

See also: B.A. Threads, British Standard Whitworth Threads.

Timber

A brief description of timbers and there uses from Acacia to Walnut.

Tinstone

Chemical name: Stannic oxide

Chemical formula: SnO₂

See also: Chemical Table.

Tissers Metal

Copper with 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin.

Titanium

A metallic element resembling iron, characterised by it's strength, lightness and corrosion resistance.

Triangle

See also: Conversion of Units, Pythagoras's Theorem.

Trichlorethylene

Trade name: Trilene

Chemical formula: C₂HCl₃

See also: Chemical Table.

Trilene

Chemical name: Trichlorethylene

Chemical formula: C₂HCl₃

See also: Chemical Table.

Tungam

83.23 % Copper 0.72 % Nickel 14.73 % Zinc 0.99 % Aluminium 0.3 % Iron

Twist Drills

See: Drill Bits.

Two-Stroke Cycle

Poor fuel economy is made up for by the reduction in components over the four-stroke engine and specific power per swept capacity. Making the two-stroke particularly popular for aircraft applications and models in general. more...

See also: Four-Stroke Cycle.

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