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Definition of Decalescence
1. Noun. Phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decalescence
Literary usage of Decalescence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heat-treatment of Steel: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Hardening by Oberg (1914)
"In steels of the commonly used carbon contents, there are two of these critical
temperatures, called the decalescence point and the ..."
2. Steel Thermal Treatment by John W. Urquhart (1922)
"THE BREARLEY decalescence CURVE TRACER. The Brearley Curve Tracer is illustrated
in Fig. 65, and shown diagrammatically in plan in Fig. 66. ..."
3. The Handbook of Industrial Oil Engineering: A Reference Book of Data by John Rome Battle (1920)
"There is another method of determining the critical points; namely, by means of
a magnet. Steel above the decalescence point is nonmagnetic. ..."
4. Motor Vehicle Engineering: Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1919)
"Likewise, if allowed to cool slowly, the hardening carbon changes back again to
pearlite. The points at which these evolutions occur are the decalescence ..."
5. Motor Vehicle Engineering; Engines (for Automobiles, Trucks, and Tractors) by Ethelbert Favary (1920)
"decalescence AND ITS RELATION TO HARDENING Everyone interested in the hardening
of steel will have noticed the increasing frequency with which reference is ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"It shows a greatly increasing rate of dilatation upon heating up to Aci, but then
undergoes the usual marked contraction until decalescence is complete, ..."
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