Nichromen.

Brit.

/ˈnʌɪkrəʊm/, U.S.

/ˈnaɪˌkroʊm/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nickel n., chrome n.

Etymology: < ni- (in nickel n.) + chrome n.

Engineering.

A proprietary name for: any of various alloys of nickel with chromium (10–20 per cent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 per cent), used esp. for high-temperature applications. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other nickel alloys

speiss1796

nickel bronze1880

nickel steela1884

platinoid1885

cupro-nickel1905

Nichrome1908

Monel1909

Chromel1914

Alumel1918

Inconel1933

Nimonic1941

nitinol1968

1908 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 June 1552/2 Nichrome... Resistance-wire.

1911 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 33 190 The nichrome triangles..when used with city gas..lost, at most, one milligram an hour.

1937 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 4 7 The nozzles were machined from nichrome steel rod, threaded at the lower end so that they could be screwed into the exhaust end of the combustion chamber.

1950 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 54 20/1 For general purposes, the wire used in strain gauges is a straightforward cupro-nickel, or nickel-chrome alloy, such as Eureka, Brightray, Nichrome.

1964 S. H. Avner Introd. Physical Metall. xii. 387 Some nominal compositions are 80Ni-20Cr (Chromel A, Nichrome V, and others) used as electric heating elements for household appliances and industrial furnaces.

1987 E. H. J. Pallett Aircraft Electr. Syst. (ed. 3) v. 95/1 A typical static discharger consists of nichrome wires formed in the manner of a ‘brush’ or wick thereby providing a number of discharge points.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nichrome
释义	Nichromen. Brit. /ˈnʌɪkrəʊm/, U.S. /ˈnaɪˌkroʊm/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nickel n., chrome n. Etymology: < ni- (in nickel n.) + chrome n. Engineering. A proprietary name for: any of various alloys of nickel with chromium (10–20 per cent) and sometimes iron (up to 25 per cent), used esp. for high-temperature applications. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > other nickel alloys speiss1796 nickel bronze1880 nickel steela1884 platinoid1885 cupro-nickel1905 Nichrome1908 Monel1909 Chromel1914 Alumel1918 Inconel1933 Nimonic1941 nitinol1968 1908 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 9 June 1552/2 Nichrome... Resistance-wire. 1911 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 33 190 The nichrome triangles..when used with city gas..lost, at most, one milligram an hour. 1937 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 4 7 The nozzles were machined from nichrome steel rod, threaded at the lower end so that they could be screwed into the exhaust end of the combustion chamber. 1950 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 54 20/1 For general purposes, the wire used in strain gauges is a straightforward cupro-nickel, or nickel-chrome alloy, such as Eureka, Brightray, Nichrome. 1964 S. H. Avner Introd. Physical Metall. xii. 387 Some nominal compositions are 80Ni-20Cr (Chromel A, Nichrome V, and others) used as electric heating elements for household appliances and industrial furnaces. 1987 E. H. J. Pallett Aircraft Electr. Syst. (ed. 3) v. 95/1 A typical static discharger consists of nichrome wires formed in the manner of a ‘brush’ or wick thereby providing a number of discharge points. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908
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