Monel
/ˈməʊn(ə)l
/(also Monel metal)
noun [mass noun] trademark
A nickel-copper alloy with high tensile strength and resistance to corrosion.Clad steels can have as the cladding material of nickel base alloys such as Monel and Inconel, copper-nickel, and copper....
- Nickel 200, Monel 400 and similar alloys will remain bright and free from discoloration when heated and cooled in a reducing atmosphere.
- The same situation applies also to the welding of Inconel or Monel to stainless steels.
Origin
Early 20th century: named after Ambrose Monell (died 1921), American businessman.
Rhymes
- lowerer
- lower forty-eight
- Lower Forty-eight (States)
- lower fungus
- lower-grade
- lower house
- Lower Hutt
- lower-income
- lowering
- lower-level
- lower mast
- Lower Merion
- lower-middlebrow
- lower middle class
- lowermost
- pointsman
- point something out
- point something up
- point source
- point-sphere
- point spread
- point-spread function
- points rationing
- points system
- points value