sorbitization

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noun

The process of sorbitizing, especially in the hardening of metal by interrupted quenching.

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Meanings

nounsorbitization (countable and uncountable, plural sorbitizations)

plural sorbitizations

  1. countableuncountableengineeringThe process of sorbitizing, especially in the hardening of metal by interrupted quenching.

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

    1960, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Samarin, Contemporary problems of metallurgy, page 501
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