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Definition of Embrittling
1. embrittle [v] - See also: embrittle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embrittling
Literary usage of Embrittling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1913)
"... into the transformation range to caus. enough re-absorption of the pro-eutectoid
cementite to remov its embrittling effect is necessarily followed in ..."
2. NBS Special Publication by United States National Bureau of Standards (1920)
"embrittling Effects of Cleaning and Pickling Upon Carbon Steel This ...
The embrittling effects were obtained for plain carbon steel rods by the alternating ..."
3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"X 100. continued heating in the presence of air at a high temperature contributes
to the embrittling of the material. The effect of oxidation is very slight ..."
4. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"In particular the embrittling of tin-plate bars and the "rectangular ...
embrittling Tin Plate Bars at 700° C.—Several tin-plate bars containing from ..."
5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute, Chartered Insurance Institute (1897)
"... belie! that this strengthening and embrittling are either superficial or due
to stress, I bored out the interior of three bars after quenching them (3, ..."
6. Marine Engineers' Handbook by Frank W (Ed Sterling (1920)
"On the other hand, if the forging process is continued below the transformation
range of temperature, it results in grain distortion and other embrittling ..."
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