Definition of Quenched steel

1. Noun. Steel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool it.

Generic synonyms: Steel
Terms within: Martensite
Specialized synonyms: Oil-hardened Steel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quenched Steel

queme
quemed
quemely
quemes
quemful
queming
quemly
quena
quenas
quench
quenchable
quenchant
quenchants
quenched
quenched steel (current term)
quencher
quenchers
quenches
quenchest
quencheth
quenching
quenchingly
quenchless
quencht
quenda
quenelle
quenelles
quenepa
quenepas

Literary usage of Quenched steel

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

1. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"In this case (1) we naturally expect the carbon not to be banded in the quenched steel, and the evidence indicates that it is not; yet (2) it evidently is ..."

2. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"Let us consider the more cogent of these two cases, that of the banding which occurs on reheating quenched steel. In this case (1) We naturally expect the ..."

3. Metallography by Samuel Leslie Hoyt (1921)
"The Hardness of quenched steel.—Many theories have been advanced to explain the excessive hardness of quenched high- carbon steel. ..."

4. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association (1916)
"SPECIFICATIONS FOR HEAT-TREATED, OIL-QUENCHED, STEEL JOINT BARS. Basis of Purchase. 1. Inspectors representing the purchaser shall have free entry to the ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1897)
"In studying the microstructure of quenched steel, the writer has had more especially in view to ascertain whether there were any perceptible changes ..."

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