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Definition of Embrittled
1. embrittle [v] - See also: embrittle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embrittled
Literary usage of Embrittled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1921)
"X 8. analysis that the embrittled parts of the lead are essentially the same as
... Composition and Melting Point of embrittled Lead embrittled PORTION Tin, ..."
2. 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.). (1921)
"The surface appearance of the embrittled lead is shown in ... 4 (a) some of the
particles of the embrittled lead are shown, many of which are of a definite ..."
3. The Iron and Steel Magazine by Albert Sauveur (1901)
"... say structural steel, weakened and embrittled by 3.75 per cent of graphite ;
cast-iron with 0.50 per cent of combined carbon and 3.5 per cent graphite ..."
4. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"... because a void is evidently created at the grain boundaries, as is proved by
their taking up molten copper when an embrittled specimen is immersed in it ..."
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