Definition of Decarburizing

1. Verb. (present participle of decarburize) ¹

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Definition of Decarburizing

1. decarburize [v] - See also: decarburize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decarburizing

decarboxylases
decarboxylate
decarboxylated
decarboxylated dopa
decarboxylates
decarboxylating
decarboxylation
decarboxylations
decarboxylative
decarbs
decarburise
decarburization
decarburize
decarburized
decarburizes
decarburizing (current term)
decard
decarded
decardinalize
decardinalized
decardinalizing
decarding
decards
decare
decares
decasecond
decaseconds
decastere
decasteres
decastich

Literary usage of Decarburizing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"The common practice seems to be to reduce the carbon content in the electric furnace after reduction has taken place, by means of a decarburizing slag as ..."

2. History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages: And Particularly in the by James Moore Swank (1892)
"All of the heat employed is obtained by the use of a regenerative gas furnace. The melted pig iron, previous to receiving the decarburizing ingredients, ..."

3. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"In other words, we should suppose that a given rapidity of decarburizing ... So, too, of too rapid decarburizing. The normal procedure appears to be to have ..."

4. A Treatise on Steel: Comprising Its Theory, Metallurgy, Properties by Henri C. Landrin (1868)
"... oxide of iron used for decarburizing pig iron was naturally to lead to the idea of employing the oxygen of air or of steam to produce similar results. ..."

5. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"The common practice seems to be to reduce the carbon content in the electric furnace after reduction has taken place, by means of a decarburizing slag as ..."

6. History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages: And Particularly in the by James Moore Swank (1892)
"All of the heat employed is obtained by the use of a regenerative gas furnace. The melted pig iron, previous to receiving the decarburizing ingredients, ..."

7. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"In other words, we should suppose that a given rapidity of decarburizing ... So, too, of too rapid decarburizing. The normal procedure appears to be to have ..."

8. A Treatise on Steel: Comprising Its Theory, Metallurgy, Properties by Henri C. Landrin (1868)
"... oxide of iron used for decarburizing pig iron was naturally to lead to the idea of employing the oxygen of air or of steam to produce similar results. ..."

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