A conductor having a thin coating of pure tin, or tin alloy. The coating may keep rubber from sticking or be used to enhance connection. Coatings increase the resistance of the conductor and may contribute to corrosion by electrolysis.

Copper that has had a tin coating added to its surface for various applications.

Copper wire that has been coated with a layer of tin or solder for various applications.

Coating metal with a very thin layer of tin most commonly by immersion into molten tin. Electrodeposition and metal spraying are also used. Tinning is divided into two types: electrolytic or electrotinning, and hot dipped tinning. Both ferrous and nonferrous wires can be coated by either process, and both processes are also used for coating small components.

The process of electroplating the surface of a wire with a tin or tin-lead alloy.

The process of pulling the conductor material through a molten bath of tin or tin-lead alloy.

A type of electrical conductor comprised of a number of tiny threads. Each thread has a fine, flat ribbon of copper or other metal closely spiraled around it. Used for small size cables requiring limpness and extra-long flex life.

A component in the extrusion process for jacketing material that serves to position the conductor or core and hold it in the proper relationship to the die. It is also a die forming the inside surface of the extruder insulation or jacket.

A general term for color-coding conductors. These are color coded in a pattern in an attempt to standardize the colors used for easy understanding and guidance.

Communication exchange cable that connects the outside cable to the main distributing frame. Also used interchangeably with the term Terminating Cable.

Tire cord wire is made from silicon-killed, hot-rolled, Stelmore-cooled steel rod. The electrolytic brass-coated, high-carbon (0.65%-0.85%) steel wire is drawn to high strength levels and cabled or stranded into constructions suited for reinforcing belts and carcasses of pneumatic tires. It reinforces a tire’s shape, size-stability, bruise resistance, durability and load-carrying capability. This type of wire has very demanding requirements for properties such as tensile strength, adhesion, durability and modulus.

Also known as bead wire, tire wire is made from silicon-killed, hot-rolled, Stelmore-cooled, high-carbon (0.65%-0.80%) steel rod drawn to 0.96-2.00 mm in diameter. Tire wire is used to reinforce the bead area of a pneumatic tire. Bead wire is typically bronze-coated; however, some manufacturers produce brass-coated bead wire.

Element, chemical symbol Ti. Titanium is a strong, low-density, highly corrosion-resistant, bright white metallic element that is naturally occurring. Reduction to metal is commercially performed by reacting with magnesium. The resulting titanium sponge is melted in vacuum arc, argon plasma or electron beam furnaces.

Titanium has a density that is 56% that of steel and with equivalent strength. Its strength-to-weight ratio is greater than any other engineering material. There are several classes of titanium alloys: commercially pure alloys, where oxygen is the primary alloying element, are low-to-medium strength alloys primarily used for corrosion resistant applications; Alpha, Alpha-Beta and Beta alloys are medium- to high-strength titanium alloys with various combinations of typically aluminum, vanadium, tin, molybdenum, zirconium and chrome. Common examples are Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-3Al-2.5V.

Titanium wire is a commercially pure or alloy grade of titanium that is cold drawn and annealed. Appli­cations include weld wire for chemical process applications, biomedical, aerospace and structural.

Test used to determine alkaline pH of a solution. For instance, this can be used to “break” a solution, followed by other procedures, to determine the alkalinity of the fluid.

The amount by which a specific measurement may vary above and below the stipulated specification.

A series of copper base alloys, essentially gilding metals con­taining about 75 to 84 percent copper and the balance mainly zinc.

Also called tool steel, any high carbon or alloy steel capable of being suitably tempered for use in the manufacture of tools and dies.

See Furnace, Bell Type.