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compound

adjective aggregate, aggregated, associated, blended, combined, commixed, complex, complicated, composite, conglomerate, congregated, conjoint, conjugate, connected, convoluted, elaborate, embodied, fused, hybridized, incorporated, infused, inseparable, integrated, interlaced, intermingled, interwoven, intricate, involved, manifold, merged, mingled, mixed, mosaic, multifarious, multiform, multiple, multiplex, solid, tied, united, varied, variegated, woven
Associated concepts: compound a crime, compound interrst, compound larceny, compounding a felony
Foreign phrases: Aestimatid praeteriti delicti ex postremo facto nunquam crescit.The weight of an offense committed in the past is never increased by a subsequent fact.

compound

verb accrue, add to, advance, aggravate, amount, amplificare, annex, append, augere, be augmented, be numerous, become greater, become larger, branch out, build up, burgeon, connribute to, develop, dilatare, dilate, distend, elaborate, enhance, enlarge, enrich, exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, expand, fill in, fill out, fortify, further, gain ground, gain strength, get ahead, give strength to, glorify, greaten, grow larger, heighten, increase, increase the numbers, inflate, lend force to, lengthen, magnify, make greater, make larger, multiply, open out, parlay, pile up, prolong, protract, raise, refine, reinforce, restrengthen, spread out, strengthen, subjoin, superadd, supplement, widen
Associated concepts: compounding a crime, compounding a debt, compounding a felony, compounding penalty
Foreign phrases: Aestimatio praeteriti delicti ex postremo facto nunquam crescit.The weight of a past crime is never increased by a subsequent fact.

compound

to agree not to prosecute or proceed in return for a consideration.

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Enhanced mechanical properties of friction stir welded dissimilar Al-Cu joint by intermetallic compounds.

Process robustness of laser braze-welded Al/Cu connectors

In the surface alloying layer, the Mg-Al intermetallic compounds microhardness value was up to 330 HV, the microhardness value of the area near the Mg-Al intermetallic compounds was about 116 HV and the values of microhardness decreased with the depth increasing from surface coating to the substrate.

Improvement of the properties of AZ91D magnesium alloy by treatment with a molten [AlCl.sub.3]-NaCl salt to form an Mg-Al intermetallic surface layer

They note that the layeredcrystal structure of the intermetallic compounds "is reminiscent of those of the copper oxide superconductors" Yet whether they operate by the same electrical mechanism, the physicists say, "remains to be seen.

Revisiting intermetallic superconductors

Phase 3 combined the information from Phase 1 and 2 with other studies to form a short list of Pb-free, minimally whiskering alloys and studied their intermetallic compound (IMC) growth kinetics.

Tin whisker revelations: a multi-part study found plenty of whiskers, but not where they were expected

However, the combination of aluminium and steel is difficult to weld due to possible formation of intermetallic compounds between aluminium and iron which are hard and brittle.

Damage analysis of aluminium--steel bimetals

By means of Minitab software, it was found that high time-to-peak temperature leads to an increase in intermetallic compound (IMC).

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The development of these new materials represents the product of successful collaboration between academia and industry on research into intermetallic compounds, which are hard but brittle, making them difficult to use as structural materials.

Korea Republic of : Development of new steel materials surpassing titanium will change the dynamics of the steel industry with successful commercialization

Superconducting magnesium diboride is a very brittle intermetallic compound.

American Superconductor Comments on New Superconducting Materials; Sees Long Term Potential for Boron-Containing Superconductors

However, under real-use conditions (mildly/nonaccelerated conditions), recrystallization was not observed in the solder interconnections, and cracks had propagated transgranularly in the bulk solder or between the intermetallic compound layer and the bulk solder.

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After being micro-alloyed with SnBi20, silver enhanced the mechanical strength and electric conductivity; copper reinforced the thermal intensity; germanium prevented tin from oxidation and prevented pad lift; cerium enhanced the microstructure and restrained intermetallic compound (IMC) growth, and antimony stopped the phase change of tin (5).

A novel low melting point Pb-free solder: a SnBiX solder showed a melting point of about 186[degrees]C and cut the material cost

The copper diffusion coefficient through the intermetallic compound (IMC) layer was found to be 0.

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We hypothesize that the corrosion of zinc in SnZn solder yielded a sacrificial corrosion effect by forming an intermetallic compound layer (SnZn layer) between the base substrate and solder.