2. Noun. The conversion of some of the carbon in steel to graphite in the process of annealing ¹
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Definition of Graphitizing
1. graphitize [v] - See also: graphitize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Graphitizing
Literary usage of Graphitizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metallography and Heat Treatment of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1918)
"graphitizing of Cementite. — It will be explained in another chapter that the
carbide ... This graphitizing tendency of cementite remains latent unless the ..."
2. The Metallography of Iron and Steel by Albert Sauveur (1912)
"LESSON XXI MALLEABLE CAST IRON graphitizing of Cementite. — The unstability of
cementite has already been alluded to. It has been mentioned that the ..."
3. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"graphitizing occupies fewer minutes at the eutectic freezing point, about 1135°,
than days at the industrial annealing temperature of the ..."
4. Electric Furnaces and Their Industrial Applications by John Wright (1905)
"graphitizing Electrodes.—The Acheson resistance furnace for ... The process of
graphitizing is similar to that already dealt with, and consists in causing ..."
5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1920)
"Aside from research experiments, there is the evidence of the entire tonnage of
malleable castings which represent the end point of the graphitizing ..."
6. Central Electric Light and Power Stations, 1907 by United States Census Office. 12th census, 1900, William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin (1910)
"No radical improvements in carbon-filament lamps were made for over fifteen years,
until about 1905, when the metallizing or graphitizing process for ..."
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