Definition of Carburise

1. Verb. Unite with carbon. "Carburize metal"

Exact synonyms: Carbonise, Carbonize, Carburize
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change State, Turn
Derivative terms: Carbon, Carbon, Carbon, Carbon

Definition of Carburise

1. [v -RISED, -RISING, -RISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carburise

carburetants
carbureted
carbureting
carburetion
carburetions
carburetor
carburetors
carburets
carburetted
carburetted hydrogen
carburetter
carburetters
carburetting
carburettor
carburettors
carburise (current term)
carburised
carburises
carburising
carburizable
carburization
carburizations
carburize
carburized
carburizes
carburizing
carbutamide
carbuterol hydrochloride
carby
carbylamine

Literary usage of Carburise

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

1. The Case-hardening of Steel: An Illustrated Exposition of the Changes in by Harry Brearley (1921)
"Similar experiments have been made with other pure forms of carbon, and all of them undoubtedly carburise if pressed into actual contact with heated iron. ..."

2. Engineering Steels; an Exposition of the Properties of Steel for Engineers by Leslie Aitchison (1921)
"It is usually believed that it is not possible to carburise a steel, unless it has been heated to a temperature higher than the upper critical point. ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, Harold Govett Colman, Arthur Harden (1907)
"... and re- carburise it. Instead of charging the furnace with pig-iron, liquid metall is sometimes used direct from the blast furnaces, ..."

4. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1890)
"His object had been merely to ascertain whether it was possible to carburise iron in the absence of any third element. He had had the opportunity of making ..."

5. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1893)
"To regenerate or rather re- carburise it, the following method is given in Invention :—Add to three parts, by weight, of pure resin, melted in a crucible ..."

6. The Application of Physico-chemical Theory to Technical Processes and by Robert Konrad Kremann, Albert Mond (1913)
"The carbon produced by the decomposition of CO serves solely to carburise the iron. The temperature gradually approaches that of total equilibrium under the ..."

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