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Composite Materials Glossary - S
S

s

SA

SD

S Glass

SL

SV

s/s

SABRA

SACMA

SACMA Recommended Methods

Sacrificial Protection

SAE

Safety Hardener

Saffil

Sag

Sag Resistance

Sagging

Salt

Salt Spray Test

SAMPE

Sample

Sampling Length

SAN

Sand Casting

Sanding

Sandpaper

Sandwich Construction

Sandwich Heating

Sandwich Molding

SANS

Saran

Saran Fiber

SAS

Satin

Satin Weaves

Saturated Compound

Saturators

Saw Burn

Sawing

Saybolt Viscosity

Sb

S-Basis

Scan Welding

Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

Scarf Joint

Schmidt Hammer

Sclerometer

Scleroscope

Scleroscope Hardness Number

Scoring

Scotch Tape Test

Scouring

Scrap

Scrap Grinders

Scraper

Scrapless Thermoforming

Scratch

Scratch Hardness

Scratching

Screen

Screen Analysis

Screening

Screw

Screw Extruder

Screw Flight

Screw Injection Molding

Screw Plasticating Injection Molding

Screw Speed

Screw Tip

Screw-Piston Injection Molding

Scrim

Scrub Resistance

SCS-2 Fiber

SDAP

Sealing

Seam

Seam Allowance

Seam Assembly

Seaming

Sebacic Acid

Secant Modulus

Second Order Transition

Secondary Amine Value

Secondary Bonding

Secondary Ion

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer

Secondary Plasticizer

Secondary Reference Standard

Section Beam

Section Marks

SED

Seed

Segregation

Selective Oxidation

Selectivity

Self-Adhesion

Self-Curing

Self-Destruct

Self-Extinguishing Resin

Self-Propagating High Temperature Syntheses

Self-Thermosetting

Selsyn

Selvage

Selvage Mark

Selvedge

Semi-Alloyed Powder

Semi-Automatic Molding Machine

Semimonocoque

Semipositive Mold

Semirigid Plastic

Semi-Solid Slurry Casting

Sensitivity

Sensor

Separator Cloth

Sequential Arrangement

Sequential Welding

Sequential Winding

Sericite

Service Test

Serving

Servomechanism

Set

Set at Break

Setting Agent

Setting Time

Settling

Set-up

sfm

Shape Factor

Shark Skin

Sharp-Notch Strength

Shattering

Shaving

Shaw Pot

Shear

Shear Allowance

Shear Center

Shear Coupling

Shear Diagram

Shear Edge

Shear Flow

Shear Force

Shear Fracture

Shear Lag

Shear Load

Shear Modulus

Shear Rate

Shear Span

Shear Span/Depth Ratio

Shear Strain

Shear Strain Measurement

Shear Strength

Shear Stress

Shear Thickening

Shear Thinning

Shear Transfer

Shear Wave

Shearing

Shearing Strength

Shed

Shedding

Sheet

Sheet Forming

Sheet Molding Compound

Sheet Train

Sheeter Lines

Shelf Life

Shell Cup Viscometer

Shell Flour

Shell Tooling

Shield

Shielded Metal Arc Welding

Shiner

Shipment

Shipset

Shish Kebab

Shivering

Shock

Shock Load

Shock Machine Drop Height

Shock Pulse

Shock Pulse Programmer

Shock Spectrum

Shock Wave

Shoe

Shoot Wires

Shore Hardness

Short

Short Beam Test

Short Fibers

Short Oil Alkyd

Short Shot

Shortness

Shortstopper

Shot

Shot Capacity

Shot Peening

Showering

Shrink Film

Shrink Fit

Shrink Fixture

Shrink Mark

Shrinkage

Shrinkage Allowance

Shrinkage Index

Shrinkage Pool

Shroud

Shute Wires

Shuttle

Shuttle Mark

SI Units

SiC

Siccative

Side Bars

Side Draw Pins

Siemens

Sieve Analysis

Sieve Classification

Sieve Fraction

Sieve Number

Sieving

Sigma Blade Mixer

Silane Coupling Agents

Silica

Silica Gel

Silica, Synthetic

Silica-Based Fibers

Silicon Carbide

Silicon Carbide Fibers

Silicon Carbide-Silicon Carbide Composites

Silicon Nitride

Silicon Oxynitride

Silicone Bag

Silicone Elastomers

Silicone Polymers

Silicone-Imide Copolymers

Silicone-Polycarbonate Copolymers

Silicones

Siloxanes

Silver

Silver Streaking

Silyl Peroxides

Simple Shear

SIMS

SIN

Single Circuit Winding

Single Load

Single Shear

Singles

Single-Strand Strength

Singling

Sink Mark

Sinking

Sinter Molding

Sinter/HIP

Sintering

SIPN

Sisal

Size

Size Tolerance

Size, Yarn

Sizing

Sizing Content

Skein Breaking Tenacity

Skein Shrinkage

Skein Strength

Skein-Break Factor

Skewness

Skewness, Filling

Skin

Skips

Slack Selvage

Slashing

Sleeve Ejector

Sleeving

Sley

Slime

Slip

Slip Casting

Slip Crack

Slip Forming

Slip Ring Forming

Slippage

Sliver

Slot Extrusion

Slough-Off

Slow Solvent

Slub

Slug

Slump Test

Slurry Preforming

Slurry Slip

Slush Casting

SMA

Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

Smart Composites

Smart Skins

Smash

SMAW

SMC

Smoke

Smoldering

SMS

Sn

S-N Curve

(SN)x

Snag

Snagging Resistance

Snap-Back Forming

Soaking

Soaps, Metallic

Soapstone

Soda

Sodium Aluminum Hydroxycarbonate

Sodium Stearate

SOFICAR

Soft Flow

Soft Silica

Softening Range

Sol

Solar Screening

Solarization

Sol-Gel Processing

Solid Casting

Solid Solution

Solidification Shrinkage

Solid-Phase Forming

Solids

Solids by Volume

Solids Content

Solid-State Polymerization

Solid-State Sintering

Solidus

Solubility

Solubility Parameter

Solute

Solution

Solution Coating

Solution Heat Treatment

Solution Polymerization

Solution Solvent Viscosity Ratio

Solvation

Solvency

Solvent

Solvent Balance

Solvent Bonding

Solvent Casting

Solvent Cement

Solvent Cementing

Solvent Cleaning

Solvent Imbalance

Solvent Polishing

Solvent Pop

Solvent Power

Solvent Release

Solvent Resistance

Solvent Welding

Solvents

Solvus

Sone

Sonic

Sorbic Acid

Sorbitol

Sorption

Soybean Meal

Soybean Oil

Space Environmental Simulation

Span

Spark Erosion

SPC

SPE

Specific Adhesion

Specific Conductance

Specific Flexural Rigidity

Specific Gravity

Specific Heat

Specific Humidity

Specific Inductive Capacity

Specific Insulation Resistance

Specific Modulus

Specific Permeability

Specific Strength

Specific Stress, Fibers

Specific Viscosity

Specific Volume

Specification

Specimen

Specks

Spectral

Spectral Characteristic

Spectral Emittance

Spectrograph

Spectrographic Analysis

Spectrophotometer

Spectrophotometry

Spectroscope

Spectroscopy

Spectrum

Spectrum of Stress Cycles

Specular

Specular Gloss

Specular Reflectance

Specular Reflection

Specular Transmittance

Spelk

Spew Groove

Spew Line

Spherulite

SPI

Spicules

Spider

Spider Gating

Spin Molding

Spin Welding

Spindle Number

Spinneret

Spinning

Spinning Limit

Spinning Performance

Spiral

Spiral Flow Test

Spiral Mold Cooling

Spirit

Spirit-Soluble Resin

Splash

Splay Marks

Splice

Splice Crack

Spline

Split Finishing

Split Mold

Split-Cavity Blocks

Split-Ring Mold

Splitting Tensile Strength

Sponge

Spool

Spot-Chamber Test

Spotting In

Spray

Spray Coating

Spray Gun

Spray Molding

Spray Mottle

Spray Pattern

Spray Thermal Decomposition

Sprayed Metal Molds

Spraying

Spraying Pistol

Spray-Up

Spread

Spread Coating

Spreadable Life

Spreader

Spring Box Mold

Spring Constant

Springback

Sprue

Sprue Gate

Sprue-Elector Pin

Sprue-Puller

Spun Roving

Spur

Sputtering

SQC

Squareness

Squeegee

Squeeze Casting

Squeeze Molding

Squeeze Out

SRF

SS

St. Venant's Principle

Stability

Stability to Thermal Oxidation

Stabilization

Stabilize

Stabilizer

Stacking Sequence

Staging Life

Stain

Stain Resistance

Staking

Stalagmometer

Stalk

Stamping

Stand-Alone System

Standard

Standard Conditions for Testing

Standard Deviation

Standard Laboratory Atmosphere

Standard Test and Evaluation Bottle

Staple

Starved Area

Starved Joint

Statcoulomb

Static

Static Divergence

Static Eliminators

Static Equilibrium

Static Fatigue

Static Load

Static Modulus

Static Stress

Statically Balanced Surface

Statically Determinate Structure

Statics

Stationary Platen

Stearic Acid

Stearyl Methacrylate

Steatite

STEB

Steel Wool

Step Aging

Step Change

Stereobase Unit

Stereoblock

Stereoblock Polymer

Stereograft Polymer

Stereoradiography

Stereoregular Polymer

Stereorepeating Unit

Stereoselective Polymerization

Stereospecific

Stereospecific Catalyst

Stereospecific Polymers

Stereospecific Reaction

Sterile

Stiffener

Stiffness

Stiffness Method

Stitch

Stitching

Stoddard Solvent

Stoichiometric

Stokes

Stop Mark

Storage Life

Stoving

Straight-Line Pad Sander

Strain

Strain Energy

Strain Gauge

Strain Harden

Strain Invariant

Strain Rate

Strain Ratio

Strain Relaxation

Strain Relieving

Straining

Strand

Strand Count

Strand Integrity

Strand Irregularity

Strength

Strength Breaking

Strength in Compression

Strength of Materials

Strength Parameter

Strength Ratio or Strength/Stress Ratio

Strength, Dry

Strength, Flexural

Strength, Skin

Strength, Tearing

Strength, Tensile

Strength, Wet

Strength-Busting

Stress

Stress Amplitude

Stress Circle

Stress Concentration

Stress Concentration Factor

Stress Corrosion

Stress Cycle

Stress Decay

Stress Factor

Stress Intensity Factor

Stress Raise

Stress Range

Stress Ratio

Stress Relaxation

Stress Relief

Stress Rupture

Stress Wrinkles

Stress, Tensile

Stress-Crack

Stress-Strain

Stress-Strain Diagram

Stretch

Stretched Filling

Stretcher Strains

Stretching

Striae

Striation

Stringer

Stringiness

Stringy Selvage

s-Trioxane

Strip Test Raveled

Stripper-Plate

Stripping Fork

Stroke

Structural Adhesive

Structural Bond

Structural Foam

Structural Sandwich

Styrenated Alkyds

Styrene

Styrene Acrylonitrile Polymers

Styrene Maleic Anhydride

Styrene Plastics

Styrene Resin

Styrol

Sub-Laminate

Submarine Gate

Submicron Reinforcements

Substrate

Successive Ply Failure

Succinic Acid

Suck Back

Suction

Sulfation

Sulfolane

Sulfonation

Sunlight Resistance

Superconductivity

Super-Diallyl Phthalate

Superfines

Superfinishing

Superheating

Superlattice

Superplasticity

Superpolymers

Superposition Principle

Supersonic

Suppliers of Advanced Composite Materials Association

Support Plate

Supra-Threshold

Surface

Surface Conductance

Surface Drying

Surface Energy, Total

Surface Finishes

Surface Force

Surface Grinding

Surface Mat

Surface Preparation

Surface Resistance

Surface Resistivity

Surface Roughness

Surface Skin

Surface Tensiometer

Surface Tension

Surface Texture

Surface Topography

Surface Treating

Surface Treatment

Surfacer

Surfacing Mat

Surfactant

Surging

Suspension

Suspension Polymerization

Sward-Zeidler Rocker

Swarf

Sweat Soldering

Sweating

Swelling

Swirl

SXA

Syalon Ceramics

Symmetric

Symmetric Laminate

Symmetric Matrix

Symmetry

Symmetry in Material

Symmetry in Ply Stacking

Symmetry in Transformed Properties

Symmetry Number

Syndiotactic Polymer

Synergism

Synergistic

Syntactic Foams

Syntactic Resin

Synthesis

Synthetic Resin

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