sorbitization

English

Noun

sorbitization (countable and uncountable, plural sorbitizations)

1. (metallurgy) The process of sorbitizing, especially in the hardening of metal by interrupted quenching.
   • 1960, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Samarin, Contemporary problems of metallurgy, page 501:

     During 1951-1952, experiments were made on quenching (sorbitization) of entire lengths of rail at the Kuznetsk Metallurgical Combine.