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From Bain + -ite, after metallurgist Edgar Bain.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A microstructure of steel consisting of needle-like particles of cementite embedded in a ferrite matrix. Full definition →
From Bain + -ite, after metallurgist Edgar Bain.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.