- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
The ability of a material to resist being scratched. Hardness is measured using the Mohs scale, which rates the hardness of a material by comparing it with ten minerals that have been given Mohs hardness values from one to ten.
These minerals range from talc, whose Mohs hardness is one, through gypsum, calcite, fluorite, apatite, orthoclase, quartz, topaz, corundum, to diamond. Diamond has a Mohs hardness of ten.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of a material to resist distortion or deformation caused by an external force acting on it. Strength is the ability of a material to resist stresses that try to break it.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of a material to withstand vibration and repeated stress reversals without damage.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of a metal to be hardened by either heat treatment or cold-working.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of a radio receiver to separate the signals it receives. Selectivity is a very important characteristic of a communications receiver because of the large number of transmissions in a narrow band of frequencies. The better the selectivity of a receiver, the narrower the band of frequencies it amplifies.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of an aircraft engine to perform its designed functions under widely varying operating conditions.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of an object to resist a compressive load. Compressive strength resists the force that tries to squeeze the ends of an object together.
Industry:Aviation
The ability of an oil-water emulsion to separate into its components of water and oil.
Industry:Aviation
