recarburization

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English

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Etymology

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From recarburize +‎ -ation.

Noun

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recarburization (countable and uncountable, plural recarburizations)

  1. The process or act of recarburizing.
    • 1867, American Artisan, page 163:
      Emile and Pierre Martin, of Paris, the well-known proprietors of the forge at Sireuil, Franco. M. Berard has the idea of exposing his pig iron to a protracted series of alternative decarburizations and recarburizations.
    • 2017, Ramana Reddy, Pinakin Chaubal, P. Chris Pistorius, Advances in Molten Slags, Fluxes, and Salts, →ISBN:
      On the other hand, recarburization of a solidified shell was reduced by replacing carbon to Si3N4 in the mold flux .