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Definition of Oil-hardened steel
1. Noun. Steel that is quenched in oil.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oil-hardened Steel
Literary usage of Oil-hardened steel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Results of an Experimental Inquiry Into the Tensile Strength and Other by David Kirkaldy (1863)
"... Mr. Kirkaldy was the first to definitely point out the vast increase of tenacity
of oil-hardened steel over the same steel when water-hardened. ..."
2. Metallography by Samuel Leslie Hoyt (1921)
"This effect is more pronounced on oil-hardened steel than on water hardened steel.
In one case, drawing at 315°C. lowered the Brinell hardness of ..."
3. Elementary Practical Metallurgy: Iron and Steel by Percy Longmuir (1905)
"oil-hardened steel, or, as it is otherwise termed, oil-tempered steel, represents
steel quenched from the hardening temperature in oil instead of water. ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"... in oil-hardened steel, 100.000: and in tungsten steel, 200000. The importance
of such measurements is seen in the fuel that this quantity should be low ..."
5. Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine: A Monthly Journal Devoted to All (1888)
"The results of the experiments conclusively proved the superiority of the
oil-hardened steel cylinders. Many of Sir W. Armstrong's guns have been made by ..."
6. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"... in this manner: An anvil piece ar- ranged with a flange to be held in a vise,
as indicated, was made from tough oil- hardened steel. ..."
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