| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb carburize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (carburize) | 1. Unite with carbon; "carburize metal".[Wordnet]. 2. To combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of volatile hydrocarbons.[Websters]. 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: carburizing, carburized, carburizes, carburizer, carburizers, carburizingly and carburizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CARBURIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: CARBURIZING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| European Union | Carburizing : the introduction of carbon into the surface by heating to and holding at a suitable temperature usually above the transformation range in contact with a suitable source of carbon. Carburizing is usually followed by direct quenching or by other suitable heat treatment. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | Hard-surfacing of steel by heating above the critical temperature in an inert atmosphere with a source of carbon (e.g., cyanide salts), thus forming a cementite casing above a tough core (which has already been machined). (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: CARBURIZING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Carburizing flame | Mining | A gas flame that will introduce carbon into some heated metals such as during a gas welding operation. A carburizing flame is a reducing flame, but a reducing flame is not necessarily a carburizing flame. (references) | |
| Gas carburizing | Mining | The introduction of carbon into the surface layers of mild steel by heating in a current of gas high in carbon--usually hydrocarbons or hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide. (references) | |
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