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Definition of Decarburize
1. Verb. Remove carbon from (an engine).
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Definition of Decarburize
1. v. t. To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.
Definition of Decarburize
1. Verb. To decarbonize ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decarburize
1. [v -RIZED, -RIZING, -RIZES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decarburize
Literary usage of Decarburize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"... by using iron-ore as the chief source of the oxygen necessary to decarburize
the melted pig iron. This ore was packed around the sides of the interior ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1895)
"At St. Chamond it has been the custom to decarburize the back of the plate in
order to render it, more ductile while carburizing the face. ..."
3. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1915)
"... during heating are shown to decarburize high-carbon steels superficially to
about 0.25 per cent, carbon and to ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"The foregoing sections teach that the general aim of the process is to melt and
decarburize the initial charge; to remove the oxygen incidentally introduced ..."
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