Ag
- Ag
- Silver is a pure white metallic element. The best electrical conductor and used in photographic emulsions.
- Ag2S
- Chemical formula for Silver Sulphide.
- Agar
- A gel made from seaweed used to make salt bridges.
- AgBr
- Silver Bromide.
- AGC
- Abbreviation of Automatic Gain Control.
- Age Hardening
- Usually follows rapid cooling from solution heat treatment temperatures or cold working.
- Ageing
- A change in the properties of certain metals and alloys that occurs at ambient or moderately elevated temperatures after hot working, heat treatment, or a cold working operation.
- Agent Orange
- A toxic herbicide and defoliant used in the Vietnam conflict, containing 2,4,5-trichlorophen-oxyacetic acid and 2-4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid with trace amounts of dioxin.
- Agglomerate
- The clustering together of a few or many particles into a larger solid mass.
- Aggravated Test
- A test in which one or more conditions are set at a more stressful level that the test item will encounter in the field, in order to reduce test time or assure a margin of safety.
- AgI
- Chemical formula for Silver Iodide.
- Agitator
- A device used to cause motion in confined fluids.
- AGM Battery
- Abbreviation of Absorbent Glass Mat Battery.
- AgNO3
- Silver Nitrate.
- Agonic Line
- A line joining points at which the magnetic variation is zero.
- AGP
- Abbreviation of Advanced Graphics Port.
- Agravic
- Or pertaining to a condition of no gravitation.
- Agriculture
- The science or art of farming.
- Agronomics
- The science of the distribution and management of land.
- Agronomy
- The science of soil management and crop production.