recarburization

English

Etymology

recarburize +‎ -ation

Noun

recarburization (countable and uncountable, plural recarburizations)

1. The process or act of recarburizing.
   • 1867, American Artisan, page 163:

     Emile and Pierre Martin, of Paris, the well-known proprietors of the forge at Sireuil, Franco. M. Berard has the idea of exposing his pig iron to a protracted series of alternative decarburizations and recarburizations.

   • 2017, Ramana Reddy, Pinakin Chaubal, P. Chris Pistorius, Advances in Molten Slags, Fluxes, and Salts, →ISBN:

     On the other hand, recarburization of a solidified shell was reduced by replacing carbon to Si3N4 in the mold flux .